Trapping or snaring of isears by tee;ceepers aius- occur vfithin 

 50 feet of beehives . Snares should on'.y be used after dcLuage 

 has cccvirred. AIL traps and snares must be checkaci aL ^ads!: 

 evary 12 hours (87-3-127). 



Beskeep-ers using ^a bs^hivc within 50 fest of an aczivo, 

 ccLTupieii T'Sgisisrsd Dcev=rd, for the purpose cf trsppir.c, 

 sr.arir.g or shooting aepredat:.ng black bears, are not bctiLlnc 

 as csfinod under £ia.'.o iaw ; 57-3-1.01 ) . 



Bears caught by agency cecac.nnel in c-jLivert or live traps in 

 the general vicinity of beeyarcs , but not known zo rxevg 

 actually caused damage, will be: he.d up to 12 hours ir. the 

 trap so that stoc;l!= may be inspected tor evidence of havinc 

 caused carnage tc boc-hives . 



Live-trapped bears showing evidence cf having caused 

 depreddtion on beehive:; will be killed. 



Livt--trapped bears that do not display svidence ct havi-c 

 causae beehive damage, and have no history cf other nuisance 

 prcble.T.s , may be r^locaced under the foilowinc circumstancss 

 and in ccirpliar.ce with S"-l-231 t::- 234. 



A. All reiocdted .nuisance "alack bears •'ill be markad '(/it.". 

 special 'nuisar-ce bear* sartags ; records of marked bears 

 will be kept at the regicnai Isvsl; proper distrl;jutic;r. 

 of 'nuisance bedr" aartags viil bo the rasponsib-lity cf 

 the Seqicnal Super'/isor. 



B, Grizzly boar reiocaticn will fellow the IGHC Nuisance 

 Bear Gaiae lines ; 



Z. Release sites of nuisance black bears will preferably be 

 at least 50 ciiies away, in a dizfsr^nt T.ou.atair. ranee, 

 in an area ci lew bisar density and not in an araa of 

 known chronic bear problsnia. It is r-scocr-ised that it 

 may not always be possible to meet all c: tliess 

 criteria. Selection of areas for relocations vil_ be 

 the raspcr.sibility of the .^Hcicr.al Sapssrviscr - 



When possible, hunters will be utilized .i;i reaioving known 

 dSiriace-cajsing bears durinq open bear hunting seascn. A 

 hunter rc3ti=r fcr damage hunts will be considered en a region 

 by region basis and will be t-.he raspcnsibility of the 

 .Regional Supervisor. 



?he Department vill work Lowards refining of techniques for 

 the protection of be-sy-ircs frooi depredating bears . As nev 

 techr.olcgy becomes available, information will be passed tn 



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