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The Louisiana Black Bear is on the federal threatened species list. It is not commonly known to be found in Texas anymore, although potential habitat exists in the eastern part of the state.
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COLOR PALETTE SAMPLES FROM IMAGES OF THE LOUISIANA BLACK BEAR.
SPECIES INFO:
WOW! There are 16 subspecies of American Black Bear.
According to TPWD "At least two subspecies of Black Bear are thought to occur in Texas: the Mexican Black Bear (Ursus americanus eremicus) and the New Mexico Black Bear (subspecies U. a. amblyceps). Both are found in West Texas in desert scrub or woodland habitats within scattered mountain ranges, predominantly the Chisos and Guadalupe Mountains... The Louisiana Black Bear (subspeciesU. a. luteolus) is on the federal threatened species list."
Even though historically this bear denned in Texas, Mississippi, and Arkansas from what I have read, now there are only transient individuals who still visit those states from time to time.
According to the USFWS: "The main threats to the subspecies are habitat loss and fragmentation caused by the conversion of bottomland and hardwoods to agriculture. Remnant bottomland hardwoods are now protected and some marginal farmland is being replanted with hardwood trees..."
These bears have been making a big come back. In 1992 the Louisiana black bears were put on the Federal Threatened list. Twenty-four years later, it was officially removed from the List of Threatened and Endangered Wildlife under the Endangered Species Act due to recovery (greatly due to the partnership of private land owners and organizations!).
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Image: http://www.bearconservation.org.uk/louisiana-black...
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THREATENED TEXAS SERIES:
There are 148 Threatened Species & 74 Threatened Species in Texas. Each palette & species is unique. I have sampled colors from images of actual Texas Threatened Species and created original art inspired by each group. 5% of the profits from this series enthusiastically goes to help Threatened & Endangered Species.
HOW YOU CAN HELP:
Wonder what you can do to help? One easy thing I have found is to write my US house Rep. and ask them to support The Recovering America's Wildlife Act RAWA Find out more at https://www.txwildlifealliance.org/or if you aren't in Texas, https://ournatureusa.com/
SOURCES:
http://www.bearconservation.org.uk/louisiana-black...
https://www.fws.gov/southeast/articles/louisiana-b...
https://www.fws.gov/southeast/wildlife/mammals/lou...
https://tfsweb.tamu.edu/uploadedFiles/TFSMain/Mana...