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Title

RECOGNIZING BLACK BEAR DAMAGE TO SECOND GROWTH REDWOODS

Authors

Gregory A. Giusti, University of California Cooperative Extension, Del Norte County, Crescent City, California

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

March 1988

Black bears, Ursus americanus, have been known to cause severe damage to second-growth redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens). The damage is seasonal and is often associated with logging roads, skid trails or other openings in the forest. Signs of damage are characteristic and cannot easily be confused with other species of wildlife that damage redwoods.