Also see our bibliography for a list of published articles and theses. Eastern Black Bear Workshop Proceedings The 18th Eastern Black Bear Workshop Proceedings are now available for sale to the general public. To obtain a copy please send a check or money order for $15.00 per copy made out to The Wildlife Foundation of Florida. Please indicate also on the memo/note portion of your check or money order “Bear Conservation Fund”.
Please mail your check or money order to:
The Wildlife Foundation of Florida
Attention: Bear Management Conservation Fund
P. O. Box 11010
Tallahassee, FL 32302
If you have any questions please e-mail FWC’s Bear Management at bearmanagement@myfwc.com FWC Reports & Publications:Black bear survey of the Big Bend of Florida Non-invasive Assessment of Black Bear Movements and Abundance Relative to U.S.98 within the Aucilla Wildlife Management Area Conservation Strategy For The Black Bear In Florida Final Report: Statewide Assessment of Road Impacts on Bears in 6 Study Areas in Florida NOTE: This file is 7.3 MB FAQ’s: Statewide Assessment of Road Impacts on Bears in 6 Study Areas in Florida Black Bear Habitat Management Guidelines for Florida Black Bear Movements and Habitat Use Relative to Roads in Ocala National Forest, 2004 Final Report NOTE: This file is 2.8 MB Black Bear Status Report, October 2000 Florida Status Report, 1974, 2nd Eastern Black Bear Workshop Florida Status Report, 1978, 4th Eastern Black Bear Workshop Florida Status Report, 1984, 7th Eastern Black Bear Workshop Florida Status Report, 1986, 8th Eastern Black Bear Workshop Florida Status Report, 1988, 9th Eastern Black Bear Workshop Florida Status Report, 1990, 10th Eastern Black Bear Workshop Florida Status Report, 1992, 11th Eastern Black Bear Workshop Florida Status Report, 1994, 12th Eastern Black Bear Workshop Florida Status Report, 1996, 13th Eastern Black Bear Workshop Florida Status Report, 1997, 14th Eastern Black Bear Workshop Florida Status Report, 1999, 15th Eastern Black Bear Workshop Florida Status Report, 2001, 16th Eastern Black Bear Workshop Florida Status Report, 2003, 17th Eastern Black Bear Workshop Note that the 1st, 3rd, and 5th EBBW do not have Florida status reports. No proceedings were printed for the 6th EBBW, held in Michigan in 1982. Non-FWC Reports & Publications:Notice of Finding on a Petition to List the Florida Black Bear (1990) which states that, "...the requested action may be warranted". Notice of petition finding (Vol. 56, No.4, pp 596-600, 1991) in which the Service made a "warranted-but-precluded finding". Finding on a Petition to List the Florida Black Bear as a Threatened Species (1992) which states, "...the Service has determined that listing the Florida black bear as threatened is warranted but precluded by other higher priority actions...". New 12-month Finding for a Petition to List the Florida Black Bear (1998) which states, "...that listing as threatened or endangered is not warranted". Reexamination of Regulatory Mechanisms in Relation to the 1998 Florida Black Bear Petition Finding (2004) where the Service concluded, "...that the existing regulatory mechanisms applicable in 1998 are not inadequate and do not warrant listing the Florida black bear". Population Ecology of Black Bears in the Okefenokee-Osceola Ecosystem, Final Report NOTE: This file is 14 MB Wildlife Use and Interactions with Structures Constructed to Minimize Collisions and Animal Mortality Along State Road 46, Lake County, Florida | 
