{"id":743655,"date":"2026-07-05T00:05:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T00:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/743655\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T00:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T00:05:15","slug":"black-bear-sightings-reported-at-ashland-county-state-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/743655\/","title":{"rendered":"Black bear sightings reported at Ashland County state park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LOUDONVILLE, Ohio (WOIO) &#8211; Mohican Sate Park in Ashland County shared on social media Saturday a black bear sighting. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The social media post said that within the past week, three separate sightings of black bears have been reported from within Mohican\u2019s park property. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Black bear sightings reported at Ashland County state park\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/O4KPQCE6KRFQFEFEX5ZJJFPB5Q.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Black bear sightings reported at Ashland County state park(Source: Mohican State Park)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">With the return of the bears, the park shared a few things to remember to keep yourself and wildlife safe:<\/p>\n<p>If you see a black bear while hiking: Remain calmMake yourself appear largeMake loud noisesSlowly back away from the animalStay on designated trailsKeep food in a secure place while campingReport sightings to the <a href=\"https:\/\/ohiodnr.gov\/discover-and-learn\/safety-conservation\/stewardship-citizen-science\/wildlife-reporting-system?fbclid=IwY2xjawS2GRBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFlRkhIblhPVVZtV2NrRGFVc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHrI9of4AZyVY4R9-JvWqC5450uSYrd3ydScpVtnLXvSDBpARCVB6GjIpUWiL_aem_jDU6NqvehxFx8AmjCceXWQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/ohiodnr.gov\/discover-and-learn\/safety-conservation\/stewardship-citizen-science\/wildlife-reporting-system?fbclid=IwY2xjawS2GRBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFlRkhIblhPVVZtV2NrRGFVc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHrI9of4AZyVY4R9-JvWqC5450uSYrd3ydScpVtnLXvSDBpARCVB6GjIpUWiL_aem_jDU6NqvehxFx8AmjCceXWQ\">Wildlife Sighting Reporting System<\/a>Respect wildlife to yourself and animals safe<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">This is exciting news to see the bears return to their natural habitat, the park shared. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The return of the bears means the forests are healthy enough to support animals at the top of the food web. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Mohican State Park said this also means forests are on their way to being a balanced ecosystem. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WOIO. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOUDONVILLE, Ohio (WOIO) &#8211; Mohican Sate Park in Ashland County shared on social media Saturday a black bear&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":743656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[213358,319376,16405,319377,319373,319374,319375,96842,79,201,319378],"class_list":["post-743655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ashland-county","tag-ashland-county-ohio","tag-black-bears","tag-black-bears-in-ohio","tag-mohican-sate-park","tag-mohican-sate-park-bear-sighting","tag-mohican-sate-park-bears","tag-ohio-department-of-natural-resources","tag-science","tag-wildlife","tag-wildlife-sighting-reporting-system"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743655","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=743655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/743656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}