Andrea Macko reports for Porcupine Soup that hunters in Greene County killed 43 bears during the 2022 hunting season. Statewide hunters killed 1,318 bears. But Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos said, "New York's black bear populations remain robust, particularly in the Catskill and Adirondack regions.... Regulated bear hunting is a necessary tool for population management, especially with numbers increasing in recent years. I'm pleased to see hunters across the state logged another successful and safe bear hunting season." The area of New York that includes Greene, Schoharie, Delaware, and Ulster counties had the largest number of bears harvested per 100 square miles, according to the DEC. Read more about this story at Porcupine Soup.