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Don’t forget about Leelanau’s Black Bears during Fat Bear Week!

September 29, 2025
While neither Leelanau County nor Michigan has brown bears, our native black bear population is out there in the woods right now, actively searching for the raw materials to pack on the pounds
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The Brief but Thrilling Saga of Empire’s Sugar Bear

April 24, 2024
The Glen Arbor Sun shared this video of a VERY persistent bear that made off with a 50-pound bag of sugar & also apparently has a taste for chicken
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Leland Bear in the Rain

Leland gets its own Black Bear

September 10, 2023
The other night, Dan Lisuk looked out his window in Leland and saw an unexpected Peeping Tom!
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Bear over in Omena by Karen Janus

Black Bear near Omena & Northport!

September 5, 2023
Karen Janus shared this photo from her Ring doorbell of a black bear going after her bird feeders!
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Bear Patrol: July 2018 in Leelanau Edition

July 25, 2018
A small black bear was stuck under a woman’s pickup truck yesterday morning around 10:30 a.m. on South Center Highway near Eckerle Road close to Suttons Bay.
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