Black bears are thriving in New Hampshire — especially in the White Mountains region, home to some of the best bear habitat around. But human visitors are becoming more common in the area, too, leading to tension between the two species that bear experts want to stay a step ahead of. 

The best way to manage bear populations safely, they said, is sometimes to manage humans, such as through a new requirement that overnight hikers in the Pemigewasset Wilderness carry bear-proof canisters for food and other items that may appeal to opportunistic bears.

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