{"id":65799,"date":"2025-07-14T20:46:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T20:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/65799\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T20:46:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T20:46:13","slug":"black-bear-spotted-in-jo-daviess-carroll-counties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/65799\/","title":{"rendered":"Black bear spotted in Jo Daviess, Carroll counties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">ILLINOIS (KWQC) &#8211; The Illinois Department of Natural Resources says that a bear has been seen by several landowners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to the Illinois DNR, a black bear was seen over the past several weeks in the area of Mississippi Palisades State Park and more recently in private land south and east of Galena.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The IDNR said that while seeing bears might be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, it\u2019s important to remember that they are wild animals and should be treated as such.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Residents are encouraged to avoid direct encounters with the bear and to check their property for food sources that may attract it, the IDNR said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The IDNR said human conflicts with bears can be prevented by following the <a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.illinois.gov\/press-release.31473.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/dnr.illinois.gov\/press-release.31473.html\">BearWise checklist<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list | article-list\">\n<li>Never feed or approach bears<\/li>\n<li>Secure food, garbage, and recycling<\/li>\n<li>Remove bird feeders where bears are active<\/li>\n<li>Avoid leaving pet food outdoors<\/li>\n<li>Thoroughly clean and store grills and smokers after each use<\/li>\n<li>Alert neighbors to bear activity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">People who encounter the bear should give it space while backing away slowly and quietly, the IDNR said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 KWQC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ILLINOIS (KWQC) &#8211; The Illinois Department of Natural Resources says that a bear has been seen by several&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":65800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[2416,46722,46723,46725,46726,46724,159,67,132,68,837],"class_list":{"0":"post-65799","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-black-bear","9":"tag-black-bear-spotted-in-jo-daviess","10":"tag-carroll-counties","11":"tag-idnr","12":"tag-idnr-black-bear","13":"tag-illinois-department-of-natural-resources","14":"tag-science","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114853549356611974","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65799","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=65799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}