DNR teams with City of Mt. Pleasant to safely relocate a black bear

  • Mt. Pleasant police and other city workers helped the DNR remove the bear from the tree.
    Mt. Pleasant police and other city workers helped the DNR remove the bear from the tree.
  • The tranquilized bear fell safely on a pole vault pad and was transported about an hour north and set free in the Houghton Lake area.
    The tranquilized bear fell safely on a pole vault pad and was transported about an hour north and set free in the Houghton Lake area.

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    A150-pound black bear that wandered into a Mt. Pleasant neighborhood and climbed a tree directly over a white-picket fence was captured and safely relocated to a northern Michigan swamp Tuesday.

    The Michigan Department of Natural Resources partnered with Mt. Pleasant police, firefighters and city workers to isolate the male bear in the tree and then tranquilize and tag the animal before tran…