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NEWS Peninsula Clarion By this time last year there already had been a mauling and a bear shot in defense of life and property.

Bears quiet this spring: Fish and Game reports very few encounters

A yearling brown bear scavenges through the Russian River Ferry parking lot Monday in front of Shannon Meredith, Mark McCoy and Dominic Bauer. The animal stopped to pick up each piece of trash it encountered.
Photo By M. Scott Moon
A yearling brown bear scavenges through the Russian River Ferry parking lot Monday in front of Shannon Meredith, Mark McCoy and Dominic Bauer. The animal stopped to pick up each piece of trash it encountered.
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