Bears having lunch al fresco in Barry Lakes in 2016. “If bears start seeing houses as sources of food, we will see more bear-human conflict,” writes Jeff Tittel of the New Jersey Sierra Club. (File photo by Chris Wyman) Bear encounter in Sussex County shows that education works To the Editor: Today (June 22) a hiker encountered a bear while sitting on a boulder along the Stairway to Heaven trail in... Letters to the Editor 30 Jun 2020 | 10:19