From Bay City to Muskegon, more Michigan woodlands mean black bear sightings are on the rise

Two car-bear collisions in Bay County in the past five months illustrate a change in the local ecosystem.
Experts are saying human interactions with the furry beasts are likely to continue. “We’re seeing across the whole tension zone where we have known bear populations that they’re starting to move south,” said Adam Bump, a bear and furbear, or furred animal, specialist with the Department of Natural Resources. “In an area like Bay County, an agriculturally dominated landscape, they’re out of their natural landscape and more susceptible to being hit by vehicles.”

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