Update: The bear was tranquilized and will be relocated. According to a press release from Rotterdam police dept. the bear is a female over 20 years old. It will be monitored over the next 24 hours.
All week there have been sightings of a bear roaming around Schenectady. It was seen in the Woodlawn neighborhood on Friday. Today the bear has climbed up a tree in Rotterdam.
The DEC is on location now attempting to get the bear out of the tree. The area has been blocked off and bystanders have been told to leave in hope's that the bear will come down the tree on it's own.