The bear hunt is authorized under a 5-year plan approved in 2015, meaning an update is needed next year. That gives Gov. Phil Murphy a chance to veto it.
A bear hunt that has nobody happy starts Monday in northwest New Jersey. It's the ninth year in a row with a hunt, though this one's barred from state lands.
Unable to entirely stop a bear hunt, as he’d pledged as a candidate, Gov. Phil Murphy is closing all state lands in northwest New Jersey to bear hunting.