The Taconics rise like a wall along the Massachusetts-New York border. Half a dozen roads connect the two states where the range lets down its guard, but otherwise only hikers and black bears pass over a ridgeline that runs from Mount Everett in the south to Berlin Mountain in Petersburg, N.Y., in the north. The trick these days is teaching the bears — and maybe some of the hikers — to observe all of the health and safety precautions necessary during these challenging times dealing with a pandemic in...
