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[12]: 3–242 One location, the Pioneer Weapons Wildlife Management Area, representing 7,610 acres (3,080 ha) near Cave Run Lake, was created as a partnership between Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and the US Forest Service, and is an area where hunters are permitted to use only comparatively primitive weapons, such ...
The American black bear (Ursus americanus), or simply black bear, is a species of medium-sized bear endemic to North America. It is the continent's smallest and most widely distributed bear species. It is an omnivore, with a diet varying greatly depending on season and location. It typically lives in largely forested areas but will leave ...
The Cumberland Gap is one of many passes in the Appalachian Mountains, but one of the few in the continuous Cumberland Mountain ridgeline. [2] It lies within Cumberland Gap National Historical Park and is located on the border of present-day Kentucky and Virginia, approximately 0.25 miles (0.40 km) northeast of the tri-state marker with Tennessee.
The park lies in parts of Bell and Harlan counties in Kentucky, Claiborne County in Tennessee, and Lee County in Virginia. The park contains the Kentucky-Virginia-Tennessee tripoint, accessible via trail. [3] The town of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, is located inside of the park's territory. [3]
Since Kentucky started its hunting season, there has been one person seriously injured on a leg by a black bear and that occurred in 2011 when the person got “much too close” to a bear, Hast said.
List of U.S. state mammals and related mammalian designations State Mammal Marine mammal Other mammal 1 Other mammal 2 Other mammal 3 Alabama: American black bear (2006) [1]: West Indian manatee (2009) [2]
Griffin VanMeter, co-owner of the Kentucky for Kentucky Fun Mall, poses in front of the real Cocaine Bear, which has been on display at the store since 2015. (Photo: David Artavia)
The area is located in the Appalachian Mountains of Southwestern Virginia, just west of Interstate 81 and about 7 miles west of Wytheville, Virginia. [4] A 4.1 mile section of the Appalachian Trail crosses the southern end of the area. Hikers traveling south enter the area at Tilson Gap and leave at the crest of Brushy Mountain.