TWRA expert estimates 5,000-6,000 black bears now in Tennessee Garbage, food sources and even food smells will attract black bears to populated areas. The Nashville area is booming, with dozens of ...

Tennessee has had a growing black bear population since it became a protected species in the 1930s. Most of the bears live near the North Carolina and Kentucky border, according to the agency .

Cherokee National Forest is a 650,000-acre tract of public land in Tennessee that adjoins other national forests in Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia. The black bear population in Tennessee has ...

Black bears typically disperse in the fall if natural foods, like acorns, are scarce, according to retired University of Tennessee Emeritus Professor of Wildlife Science in the School of Natural ...