Lawyers argue over banning bear hunt on New Jersey state grounds.

Publication: The Record (Hackensack, New Jersey) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)

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Byline: Richard Cowen

Nov. 19--A three-judge panel will soon decide if the state's environmental chief can ban bear hunting in state parks.

The parks in North Jersey's rugged Highlands, home to many of the state's bears, on Thursday became part of the turf war between Environmental Commissioner Bradley M. Campbell and the state Fish and Game Council over the proposed hunt.

Lawyers argued before the state appeals panel in Trenton over Campbell's authority and intent in ordering closure of the state's parks and forests to another bear hunt.

Campbell, the head of the state Department of Environmental Protection, maintains that another...

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