{"id":17292,"date":"2025-06-26T21:15:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T21:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/17292\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T21:15:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T21:15:16","slug":"forest-lake-police-respond-to-uptick-in-bear-sightings-say-residents-have-nothing-to-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/17292\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest Lake police respond to uptick in bear sightings, say residents have nothing to fear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<video controls=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kstp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BEAR.mp4\"\/>Courtesy: Forest Lake Police Department<\/p>\n<p>The Forest Lake Police Department said it has noticed an uptick in bear sightings around residential neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p>The police department said the bear\u2019s appearance is normal this time of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you live in Minnesota, you live in bear country,\u201d the department said. \u201cThe black bear is an iconic species usually associated with Minnesota\u2019s north woods, and, while they are common throughout the forested northern and central portions of the state, they can live throughout the state, sometimes wandering into cities and towns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police recommend that residents take some precautions to minimize contact with the animals in town.<\/p>\n<p>Residents, according to police, should make sure bear attractants like birdseed, dog food, grease, garbage, fish entrails and fruit are properly secured or removed to prevent bears from seeking it out. <\/p>\n<p>Authorities also advised residents against approaching bears, and to keep an eye on pets when they are outside, as they could be vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on how to keep your food and waste secure from bears and how to enjoy the animals in a safe way, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dnr.state.mn.us\/livingwith_wildlife\/bears\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota DNR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ol class=\"breadcrumb\"><strong>For Related Stories:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kstp.com\/tag\/forest-lake\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Forest Lake<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kstp.com\/tag\/minnesota-dnr\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota DNR<\/a><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Courtesy: Forest Lake Police Department The Forest Lake Police Department said it has noticed an uptick in bear&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17293,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[16774,16775,159,67,132,68,837],"class_list":{"0":"post-17292","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-forest-lake","9":"tag-minnesota-dnr","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us","14":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114751742035323142","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}