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N.Y. Environmental Conservation Dept. Announces Record-Breaking 2025 Bear Harvest Estimates
March 25, 2026
ALBANY, New York, March 25 (TNSrpt) -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following news release:

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DEC Announces Record-Breaking 2025 Bear Harvest Estimates

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Amanda Lefton today announced that hunters harvested an estimated 1,759 black bears during the 2025-26 hunting seasons. According to DEC's tracking of the annual bear harvest since 19 . . .

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