{"id":52248,"date":"2020-08-07T18:44:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T00:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/bear-hit-by-semitrailer-outside-mancos\/"},"modified":"2020-08-08T00:44:53","modified_gmt":"2020-08-08T00:44:53","slug":"bear-hit-by-semitrailer-outside-mancos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/bear-hit-by-semitrailer-outside-mancos\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear hit by semitrailer outside Mancos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=7123ce60-abe9-4c5b-a8bf-f0b4fc32270b&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1339\" alt=\"A black bear climbs rocks above the Dolores River in this file photo. The Mancos Marshal\u2019s Office warns residents that August and September are popular months for bears to come closer to humans in search of food and water before hibernation.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">A black bear climbs rocks above the Dolores River in this file photo. The Mancos Marshal\u2019s Office warns residents that August and September are popular months for bears to come closer to humans in search of food and water before hibernation.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">The Journal file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>As the heavy rains roll out of Southwest Colorado and the dry heat settles back in, the Mancos Marshal\u2019s Office is reminding residents to watch out for bears as they search for food and water before hibernating.<\/p>\n<p>A semitrailer heading east out of Mancos struck and killed a 1-year-old bear Thursday, according to Mancos Marshal Justen Goodall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c84,000 pounds is not stopping on a dime,\u201d said Sgt. Brad Ray of the Mancos Marshal\u2019s Office. But according to Colorado State Trooper Gary Smith, who arrived on the scene, the truck driver didn\u2019t see the bear and continued out of Mancos.<\/p>\n<p>Someone spotted the dead bear in the road near the Mud Creek area and contacted the Mancos Marshal\u2019s Office. The Colorado Department of Transportation removed it.<\/p>\n<p>Smith said he usually sees four or five car versus bear crashes per year, mostly in August and September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are really moving this time of year,\u201d Smith said. In feeding season, bears spend a majority of the day hunting for food to build up their winter fat. As dry weather returns, bears are heading closer to civilization along the rivers in search of food and water.<\/p>\n<p>Sections of highway that run through Mancos, Dolores and Rico are popular spots for bears because the Mancos River and the Dolores River run alongside the roadway. But bears also like to visit hay fields if they are \u201clooking for an easy food source,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>The Mancos Cottonwood Park, where dogs can run off-leash, also has an abundance of serviceberries and chokeberries, which bears eat. Goodall urges visitors to be cautious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMake sure trash is on your curb and don\u2019t leave food in your car,\u201d Goodall said. \u201cShould be second nature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\"><a href=\"mailto:ehayes@the-journal.com\">ehayes@the-journal.com<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marshal\u2019s Office warns more bears are in the area<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-52248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-headlines"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52248"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=52248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}