{"id":748908,"date":"2026-07-07T17:45:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T17:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/748908\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T17:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T17:45:17","slug":"bear-sighting-reported-near-carroll-henderson-county-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/748908\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear sighting reported near Carroll-Henderson county line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">JACKSON, Tenn. (WBBJ) &#8211; The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency confirmed a black bear sighting near the Carroll-Henderson county line Saturday. A viewer submitted video of the bear taken along State Highway 22.<\/p>\n<p>What the TWRA is doing<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">After receiving reports, TWRA will attempt to determine whether the bear is acting naturally or causing a nuisance. Officials noted the bear\u2019s close proximity to Natchez Trace State Park as a point of concern.<\/p>\n<p>How to deter bears near your home<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bearwise.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/bearwise.org\/\">BearWise<\/a>, an education and outreach program founded, supported and funded by member state wildlife agencies, recommends the following steps to deter or prevent bears from appearing in residential areas:<\/p>\n<p>Never feed or approach bearsSecure food, garbage and recyclingRemove bird feeders when bears are activeNever leave pet food outdoorsClean and store grills and smokersAlert neighbors to bear activity<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WBBJ. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSON, Tenn. (WBBJ) &#8211; The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency confirmed a black bear sighting near the Carroll-Henderson county&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":748909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-748908","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\/748908","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=748908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/748909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}