Bears, Berries, and Bird Feeders by The Nevada Department of Wildlife's Nevada Wild published on 2025-07-11T15:16:23Z The Nevada Department of Wildlife is a proud member of BearWise®, a program of the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies. Black bears have been in Nevada long before we lived here, but by the early 1900s they had been extirpated from the state. Conservation efforts and habitat regeneration allowed black bears to begin coming back into Nevada and reinhabit their old stomping grounds. Since the 1980s we have watched Nevada’s bear population in the western part of the state increase dramatically. It is now up to Nevada’s residents and visitors to live and recreate responsibly in bear country! In this episode of Nevada Wild, Aaron Keller and Bobby Jones are joined by Game Biologist and Bear Expert Becca Carniello. Becca explains her unique position in the Department, and they discuss solutions to human-caused problems for bears in Nevada and how we can all live with wildlife and what it means to be BearWise. Find more resources on living with bears and other wildlife here: https://www.ndow.org/learn-discover/wildlife-discovery/living-with-wildlife/ Comment by User 707455682 I love this broadcast!! I live in Las Vegas, though I'm from southern Connecticut. Been here for 25 years now. I'm told that black bears are now coming around Fairfield County in Ct., now. I couldn't believe it, as I was always outside in the woods growing up and trail hiking around the area. I'd have fainted if a black bear appeared in front of me. This is a great podcast and one everyone should listen to, if living in an area where these bears live. I'd be interested in learning more about mountain lions. It seems they are on the small side down here in Vegas. But, I hike by myself around the mountain ranges and being a 70 year old woman, worry about coming in contact with a mountain lion. Please make a podcast about mt. lions. I love this series, or I hope it turns into a series. Like make another clip about Hummingbirds or Quails. I love them~~!! 2025-07-12T16:03:57Z