Washington and Lancaster." All of these county firsts highlight the underlying reality that Pennsylvania's primary bear range is larger than it was in the '70s. It's even larger than it was 15 years ago, Ternent qualified. A look at the bear harvest over time confirms that. Ternent noted the harvest has more than quadrupled from 921 bears in 1999 to the record harvest of 4,653 taken last year. There seems little doubt that burgeoning bear numbers have helped bolster the bear supply. But over that same 38