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Updated Connecticut Bear Sightings: Where Does Brookfield Rank?
Officials from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection released updated black bear sighting statistics this week
BROOKFIELD, CT — Officials from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection released updated black bear sighting statistics this week. The latest chart dates from Dec. 14, 2018 to Dec. 6, 2019 and includes municipalities with at least one sighting.
The big winner was Avon, with 665 sightings, followed by Simsbury (527) and Farmington (504). Brookfield tabbed 62 of the creatures, while its neighbor to the north, New Milford, logged 101.
According to DEEP, the bear population is healthy and increasing in Connecticut and sightings are becoming more common. Bears spend time in neighborhoods because food sources are abundant and easy to access (birdfeeders, garbage, open compost, grills, etc.) They will readily use these food sources and revisit the same location over and over again.
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Here's the full tally:
| Town | Reports |
|---|---|
| Ansonia | 1 |
| Ashford | 1 |
| Avon | 665 |
| Barkhamsted | 92 |
| Beacon Falls | 4 |
| Berlin | 54 |
| Bethany | 19 |
| Bethel | 9 |
| Bethlehem | 17 |
| Bloomfield | 190 |
| Bolton | 1 |
| Bozrah | 3 |
| Branford | 7 |
| Bridgeport | 2 |
| Bridgewater | 22 |
| Bristol | 231 |
| Brookfield | 61 |
| Burlington | 270 |
| Canaan | 38 |
| Canterbury | 8 |
| Canton | 193 |
| Chaplin | 2 |
| Cheshire | 24 |
| Chester | 30 |
| Clinton | 5 |
| Colchester | 37 |
| Colebrook | 19 |
| Columbia | 5 |
| Cornwall | 48 |
| Coventry | 2 |
| Danbury | 28 |
| Deep River | 10 |
| Derby | 6 |
| Durham | 5 |
| East Granby | 71 |
| East Haddam | 26 |
| East Hampton | 12 |
| East Hartford | 6 |
| East Hartland | 2 |
| East Haven | 1 |
| East Lyme | 4 |
| Easton | 20 |
| Ellington | 7 |
| Enfield | 8 |
| Essex | 3 |
| Fairfield | 2 |
| Farmington | 504 |
| Glastonbury | 53 |
| Goshen | 84 |
| Granby | 207 |
| Greenwich | 4 |
| Griswold | 1 |
| Guilford | 18 |
| Haddam | 19 |
| Hamden | 35 |
| Hartford | 8 |
| Hartland | 29 |
| Harwinton | 165 |
| Hebron | 1 |
| Higganum | 1 |
| Kent | 59 |
| Killingly | 1 |
| Killingworth | 15 |
| lakeville | 1 |
| Lebanon | 4 |
| Lisbon | 1 |
| Litchfield | 184 |
| Madison | 15 |
| Manchester | 20 |
| Mansfield | 2 |
| Marlborough | 16 |
| Meriden | 25 |
| Middlebury | 25 |
| Middlefield | 2 |
| Middletown | 15 |
| Milford | 3 |
| Monroe | 55 |
| Montville | 9 |
| Morris | 34 |
| Naugatuck | 15 |
| New Britain | 29 |
| New Fairfield | 22 |
| New Hartford | 132 |
| New Haven | 1 |
| New Milford | 101 |
| Newington | 5 |
| Newtown | 176 |
| Niantic | 1 |
| Norfolk | 57 |
| North Branford | 4 |
| North Canaan | 31 |
| North Granby | 3 |
| North Haven | 9 |
| North Stonington | 5 |
| northfield | 1 |
| Norwalk | 8 |
| Norwich | 1 |
| Old Lyme | 1 |
| Old Saybrook | 1 |
| Oxford | 57 |
| Plainfield | 3 |
| Plainville | 54 |
| Plymouth | 61 |
| Pomfret | 2 |
| Portland | 8 |
| Preston | 2 |
| Prospect | 22 |
| Putnam | 1 |
| Redding | 38 |
| Ridgefield | 15 |
| Rocky Hill | 1 |
| Roxbury | 35 |
| Salem | 19 |
| Salisbury | 126 |
| Scotland | 1 |
| Seymour | 17 |
| Sharon | 36 |
| Shelton | 1 |
| Sherman | 37 |
| Simsbury | 527 |
| Somers | 4 |
| Southbury | 130 |
| Southington | 97 |
| Stafford | 7 |
| Stamford | 4 |
| Sterling | 1 |
| Stonington | 3 |
| Stratford | 2 |
| Suffield | 85 |
| Thomaston | 103 |
| Thompson | 1 |
| Tolland | 17 |
| Torrington | 288 |
| Trumbull | 7 |
| Union | 6 |
| Unionville | 2 |
| Vernon | 3 |
| Voluntown | 2 |
| Wallingford | 18 |
| Warren | 62 |
| Washington | 32 |
| Waterbury | 35 |
| Waterford | 2 |
| Watertown | 49 |
| west cornwall | 1 |
| west granby | 1 |
| West Hartford | 173 |
| West Haven | 1 |
| Westbrook | 4 |
| Weston | 1 |
| Willington | 7 |
| Wilton | 5 |
| Winchester | 71 |
| Windham | 2 |
| Windsor | 96 |
| Windsor Locks | 18 |
| Winsted | 6 |
| Wolcott | 26 |
| Woodbridge | 30 |
| Woodbury | 37 |
| Woodstock | 6 |
| Total | 6997 |
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