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Updated Connecticut Bear Sightings for Newtown

​Officials from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection release updated black bear sighting statistics regularly.

NEWTOWN, CT — The black bears may be thinking real hard about settling down for a long winter's nap, but plenty are still more interested in exploring your backyard.

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection do their best to track Yogi's meanderings, and publish updates regularly.

DEEP warns residents to leave a bear alone if you see one in your yard or neighborhood. In most situations, if left alone and given an avenue for escape, the bear will usually wander back into more secluded areas. Keep dogs under control. Stay away from the bear and advise others to do the same. Do not approach the bear so as to take a photo or video. Often a bear will climb a tree to avoid people. A crowd of bystanders will only stress the bear and also add the risk that the bear will be chased into traffic or the crowd of people.

Find out what's happening in Newtownfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

For last season, from Dec. 1, 2017 to Nov. 25, 2018, Simsbury was ahead of the pack with 596 sightings. Newtown residents reported a respectable 229 bear sightings during the same period.

Here's how every other town fared:

Find out what's happening in Newtownfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

TownReports
Andover1
Ansonia4
Avon479
Barkhamsted149
Beacon Falls6
Berlin49
Bethany31
Bethel34
Bethlehem53
Bloomfield117
Bozrah13
Branford3
Bridgeport1
Bridgewater64
Bristol232
Brookfield223
Brooklyn2
Burlington329
Canaan19
Canterbury2
Canton222
Chaplin1
Cheshire49
Chester13
Clinton5
Colchester15
Colebrook21
Columbia1
Cornwall61
Coventry3
Cromwell13
Danbury85
Derby4
East Granby78
East Haddam8
East Hampton6
East Hartford11
East Lyme4
East Windsor2
Eastford1
Easton21
Ellington4
Enfield2
Essex1
Fairfield4
Farmington541
Franklin1
Glastonbury19
Goshen97
Granby403
Greenwich8
Griswold1
Groton1
Guilford32
Haddam8
Hamden122
Hampton4
Hartford15
Hartland34
Harwinton208
Hebron1
Kent65
Killingly4
Killingworth24
Lebanon3
Ledyard1
Litchfield215
Lyme9
Madison56
Manchester7
Mansfield1
Marlborough7
Meriden20
Middlebury80
Middletown7
Monroe53
Montville9
Morris27
Naugatuck15
New Britain35
New Fairfield70
New Hartford202
New Haven5
New London1
New Milford316
Newington8
Newtown229
Norfolk31
North Canaan11
North Haven23
North Stonington1
Norwalk1
Norwich2
Old Saybrook2
Orange1
Oxford89
Plainfield1
Plainville51
Plymouth124
Pomfret2
Portland17
Preston1
Prospect3
Putnam1
Redding115
Ridgefield17
Rocky Hill2
Roxbury76
Salem7
Salisbury120
Scotland1
Seymour23
Sharon72
Shelton10
Sherman76
Simsbury596
Somers3
South Windsor12
Southbury205
Southington98
Stafford10
Stamford4
Suffield59
Thomaston130
Thompson10
Tolland10
Torrington393
Trumbull7
Union4
Vernon2
Voluntown1
Wallingford11
Warren34
Washington59
Waterbury73
Waterford4
Watertown104
West Hartford206
Weston2
Westport1
Wethersfield6
Wilton3
Winchester204
Windsor130
Windsor Locks38
Wolcott81
Woodbridge31
Woodbury144
Woodstock4
Total8969

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