{"id":794134,"date":"2019-03-24T18:16:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T00:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/breckenridge-warns-people-to-keep-trash-from-black-bears-coming-out-of-hiberation\/"},"modified":"2019-03-24T18:16:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T00:16:00","slug":"breckenridge-warns-people-to-keep-trash-from-black-bears-coming-out-of-hibernation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/breckenridge-warns-people-to-keep-trash-from-black-bears-coming-out-of-hibernation\/","title":{"rendered":"Breckenridge warns people to keep trash from black bears coming out of hibernation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Brf-Bears-SDN-032519.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Brf-Bears-SDN-032519.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Brf-Bears-SDN-032519-300x288.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption><strong>Breckenridge residents and guests are being encouraged to ensure trash is being locked up in the proper containers with black bears emerging from hibernation.<\/strong><br \/>Special to the Daily \/ Elissa Knox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Black bears are beginning to emerge from their winter hibernation, and Breckenridge has taken to reminding people to be aware of unkempt trash, as the animals have a habit of getting into it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Most black bears in Colorado hibernate for about six months. It typically begins in the fall, and the bears wake up around April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Breckenridge had a couple problems this winter with bears that didn\u2019t hibernate and caused minor mayhem, but the town is now encouraging residents and guests alike to be careful to lock up stored trash in the proper containers, as more black bears are becoming active.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s important for the health and safety of our bear population,\u201d the town tweeted about people securing their trash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Colorado Parks and Wildlife warns that black bears are curious, intelligent and resourceful. They will explore all possible food sources, and if found near someone\u2019s home, the bears will often come back for more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cBears will work hard to get the calories they need, and can easily damage property, vehicles, and homes,\u201d the state wildlife agency warns, adding that any bears that become aggressive in pursuit of an easy meal usually have to be destroyed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/local\/breckenridge-warns-people-to-keep-trash-from-black-bears-coming-out-of-hiberation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breckenridge residents and guests are being encouraged to ensure trash is being locked up in the proper containers with black bears emerging from hibernation.Special to the Daily \/ Elissa Knox Black bears are beginning to emerge from their winter hibernation, and Breckenridge has taken to reminding people to be aware of unkempt trash, as the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-794134","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 01:07:14","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794134\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}