The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry says nuisance bear notifications were down 60% in 2017.

Over the last five years the Sudbury District had the highest number of calls to the Bear Wise Reporting Line, but there was less than 700 this year.

In previous years that number was around 12-13 hundred.

The MNRF says it was a combination of a food abundance and two additional bear technicians added to the Sudbury District.