"The Bear"

WYPR - 88.1 FM Baltimore | By Ric Cottom

Published October 19, 2016 at 3:02 PM EDT

In the early half of the 19th century, avid hunter Meshach Browning shot and killed hundreds of animals in Western Maryland, almost single-handedly destroying the black bear population. The species did not return to the area for almost 125 years.

Ric Cottom

Ric Cottom, host of "Your Maryland," came to Baltimore more than four decades ago and never left. Formerly the editor and publisher at the Maryland Historical Society, he now runs the Chesapeake Book Company, publishing Chesapeake regional history, biography, and environmental studies.

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