State wildlife officials are again offering local governments money to help homeowners get bear-proof trash cans. The lock-top containers, designed to keep trash in and bears out, have proven ...

Bears used to be mostly Seminole County’s problem. But since 2015, when homeowner groups in Seminole neighborhoods west of Interstate 4 began requiring residents to lock up garbage in bear-resistant ...

A program to help local communities reduce run-ins between people and bears failed to make it into next year’s state budget, disappointing wildlife advocates. Lawmakers had considered earmarking ...