{"id":568020,"date":"2026-04-06T14:53:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/568020\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T14:53:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:53:06","slug":"gallery-black-bears-emerge-for-spring-in-western-north-carolina-wlos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/568020\/","title":{"rendered":"GALLERY: Black bears emerge for spring in western North Carolina &#8211; WLOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_AFBVV95cUxOMzhQWDZGcGh4UkVTUHZDZmJnMG5xNEhxWUlZLVM1cTlXZUtoc3hramhGOUtiQlN0ajY0MG4weklaWGU4bWREXzdveVgyX0Y2WDFSSEN4RE5tRDFIcThTWXk5eVBsekhWNmduT284ZmIya1ljcWc3UWNaUzNSRGZuNUtYNWFiZC1RTHIycTJmU3k0T1l4WFZzb1ZIOE14UWVVOHhlOTgzLWFTLVBGcGtTRGVyNWFNTVlKUUR6R3d6UzJRSkZ6Y214V1Q1OW5EVVRMTDk4X0hWbjl3Ulp4Nk4zZXdSZ056ZUdIdERRUW1hV2tJSnh2cXlybkJDWng?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GALLERY: Black bears emerge for spring in western North Carolina<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;WLOS<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxPOWptSDB4b3JKZFZxdHhBUzhONUVYTFNXVVZfOWJXYXVITkZwU0lGWExkOTJkNEF2LVgxLVVsbHJxdDRsRFg1WGFPRjRybDhoMHh4Tm9yVHotNFR1TEF1a01IM0hJLWk0WHczSzdRcUdGWGVyZ3c5WXV0NTlTSnNuZ19mQ0lhZ2ZTOFVGSFZ6REhROVZIYmh2Zy1Qd0dvbVZqQVZkNWdVYUJWQdIBrwFBVV95cUxNYV9qcUdNdG55b3R3emRFS2EyQ3lrdEhNeDRCcEc0MVNKcXgxSkd6TUpoTWJnUjhHcWZRYWlkcC0yN19yVGNmaDhUYjh0Z21BMldreUpsbWMtbjBka3BTUVk1UlRGd1hhNW1rVFFtTzBPYTJCNWt2bWllUjhHbVRSTUtfVjVsa0d4ZWVNTmRJM0RwQjVlWGxEQlpPLXlQUGFPMXF1ZjBOaTg3UEZPTzE0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">North Carolina wildlife officials warn of rising black bear sightings this spring<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ABC11 Raleigh-Durham<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxOOXE5RmNFM194TUVxWktmSW9WRWRDNlhzXzRXODRqMElpWWtDZ0tDZkh0LTJGQ3JScHJaeXZLTDNlVmpVdnY2cTBnNFJsam9kbEdfcTluN2JtRm1TUTBReGNZYmVTbk85S3VjNE9EX2NINWNvRnVzOU1WdkhCY2hINnBVNV9JakRqalctaTVETFJVc0lpaURuMjk3QkN1aThhS2RYWFFn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">State officials expanding bear awareness campaign to Triangle as bears move closer to Piedmont<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;WRAL<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxQeWdmdEo4QTViQk1kWlBlVW9NT3JJamZ5NUdIa3c0VEFRWUw5OHM2N24yX05taTZCWTZlcjZXNVcweW40YjdLNERRMmhnUXk5UzgtNEFDWUdTbmtCRUoyVXQ0WkhlNVJoZUJoU3dVaXA5MnlVbTgzaEZfbm81dmdVWUo4OWt0V05vcDM1Tzh6X2NtVHp2?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Key Areas of North Carolina That are Home to Black Bears<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;A-Z Animals<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifkFVX3lxTFB1Z3JJOGQxTzRtS0FnMWhmbkhLdzl0NldaaUk2Z2JkQXZjSGFWM21OT1p5V3FRbmdPQ1RKdEdmaVNYTkNRaWZpTFh0SG01cmFTaXBCQzltWU5DamF0SFhOMGdtb2ZpN3Uxb20ta1AxOHJ0dHdGcDJaT3JKUGt5UQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Black bears are returning to central NC, where they\u2019ve been missing for decades<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;WUNC News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GALLERY: Black bears emerge for spring in western North Carolina&nbsp;&nbsp;WLOSNorth Carolina wildlife officials warn of rising black bear&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-568020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}