We. Are. Peoria (Area)

https://week.com/2020/06/24/idnr-do-not ... h-illinois

SPRINGFIELD (WSIL) — The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is asking people not to bother a black bear that traveled from Wisconsin to Illinois to Iowa, and is making its way back through the central part of Illinois.

DNR biologists and CPOs have been closely monitoring the bear since it crossed into Illinois from Wisconsin June 10. The bear then crossed into Iowa and came back into Illinois in southern Rock Island County June 18.

Humans are the problem. Leave the bear alone.

Pock wrote: ↑Wed Jun 24, 2020 8:40 am Humans are the problem. Leave the bear alone.

No, the bear is a problem. That is why we're advised to leave it alone.

I last heard he had taken a dip in the Mississippi and was in an island. This was near Pleasant Hill, IL. He sure is making good time to Missouri! I hope there's a she bear willing to travel back North!