AS NEW MEXICO COPES WITH ITS 4TH YEAR OF DROUGHT … QUESTIONS LINGERED AS TO WHETHER POPULATED AREAS WOULD SEE A LOT OF BEAR ACTIVITY THIS SEASON. BUT RICK WINSLOW WITH STATE GAME AND FISH SAYS IT'S "SO FAR, SO GOOD." STILL, TWO BEARS HAVE BEEN SIGHTED IN ALBUQUERQUE … AND A SOW WANDERED INTO SANTA FE RECENTLY WITH HER TWO CUBS.
HE SAYS THERE'S MORE FOOD ON THE GROUND IN BEARS' HABITAT THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR. BUT WINSLOW SAYS THEIR FOOD OCCURS AT A LOWER ELEVATION OF THE MOUNTAIN … SO IF YOU LIVE IN NEARBY SUBDIVISIONS, MAKE SURE YOU BRING IN ANY PET FOOD, BIRD FEEDERS, OR GARBAGE CANS, AND PICK UP FRUIT THAT'S DROPPED FROM TREES.
