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04/02/2025

Sharing from Yellowstone Forever… Pretty cool video!

03/24/2025

Do you live in a community that bears frequent? Sharing from our friends BearWise… two proven tips to reduce human/bear conflicts in your community 🐻

Keep bears wild and make communities safer by implementing 2 proven, long-term solutions to protect people, property and bears. Here’s how:

1. Switch to Bear-Resistant Containers
Studies show that requiring community-wide use of bear-resistant containers (BRCs):
- Is 100% successful at keeping bears out of the garbage.
- Helps keep bears out of communities altogether.
- Reduces property damage and all types of negative interactions.
- Improves community morale.
- Makes residents feel safer.

2. Implement Ordinances and Bylaws
Garbage isn’t the only thing that attracts bears. Creating ordinances and bylaws that address common issues sets community standards and make it easier for communities and agencies to ensure everyone does their part to protect people, property and bears.

Learn more in the BearWise Community Action Resource Center for sample ordinances, more about bear-resistant trash containers, and community success stories. Visit: https://bearwise.org/community-resources/

03/11/2025

Sharing from Flathead Beacon…. Funding available to communities and organizations for projects to reduce Human/Bear conflicts in Montana….

As bears begin emerging from hibernation, wildlife conflict specialists in northwest Montana are preparing for a busy spring. But they hope that by continuing to equip communities with tools to avoid conflicts, they’ll spend more time on prevention this season, and less time setting traps. It’s ...

02/28/2025

Got chickens? Do you live in bear country? Protect your flock! Sharing from BearWise….

Are you raising chickens in bear country? The high price of eggs today has more people than ever before thinking about raising their own or expanding their flocks and starting a small business supplying their egg-deprived neighbors. Your chickens are no match for hungry wildlife; they’re counting on you to keep them safe.

Something to know: Chickens are like fast food for bears. All those calories, all rounded up in one convenient place. Bears don’t know they aren’t supposed to bother your flock. They just know they smell an easy meal. Chickens, eggs and chicken feed look and smell like food to a hungry bear. That’s because all three are loaded with calories. Just three chickens (minus the feathers) total about 4,500 calories – almost two days’ worth of nutrition for a bear. A dozen eggs (with shells) is 888 calories.

So, how do you protect your chickens? A sturdy, lidded pen may keep out a fox or a raccoon, but it won’t deter a determined bear. An electric fence is the best way to safeguard your flock and keep bears out. Bonus: an electric fence will also protect other small, vulnerable livestock, including other species of poultry, rabbits and vulnerable baby animals.

Get your buzz on and keep bears out. A properly constructed, installed and maintained electric fence is the most fool-proof, powerful and long-lasting bear-deterrent available.

Learn more and download our new BearWise Bulletin: “Electric Fences Keep Bears Out” at: bearwise.org/raising-chickens-in-bear-country

02/27/2025

From Colorado… Human/Bear conflict calls to Colorado Parks And Wildlife increased by nearly 15% statewide in 2024…. Secure those attractants folks. Use certified wildlife resistant containers to secure garbage, livestock feed. Store garbage in garage, sturdy shed or outbuilding until morning of pickup. Use electric fencing to secure apiaries, livestock, fruit trees, gardens and even your garbage containers!

CPW says there was a 15% increase in human-bear conflicts in 2024 compared to 2023. Some tips on how to minimize your impact.

02/27/2025

Sharing news from Jackson, WY

JACKSON, Wyo. — On Monday, Feb. 18, Town Council reported an increase in bear-resistant trash container use after a rise in bear conflicts in the valley. In 2024, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) reported that there were 168 bear conflicts in the area ranging from the southern border of...

02/08/2025

Sharing from our friends BearWise….

From Newborn to Furry Bear Cub...

The bright-eyed cubs in this photo taken by Washington’s state bear specialist Rich Beausoleil are 73 days old.

How many cubs are born? Typically, 2-3, but there can be as few as 1 or rarely, as many as 6.

Black bear cubs usually weigh in at under a pound, far less as a percentage of mom’s weight (less than 1/150th) than most mammals. At birth, cubs’ eyes and ear canals are closed. The tiny cubs are covered in a coat of exceptionally fine, short hair; their teeth have yet to emerge. But cubs are born with a strong survival instinct.

When they’re about six weeks old their bright blue eyes and ear flaps open. About ten days later teeth erupt. As they continue to grow, their fine hair becomes a protective fur coat. By the time they emerge from their snug winter dens, the furry bear cubs have razor sharp little teeth and claws; they’ll be able to climb a tree lickety-split before they’re three months old.

How You Can Help Cubs Grow Up
A cub getting into your garbage, bird feeder or pet food might seem cute and harmless, but the very best thing you can do to help cubs grow up and stay wild is to make sure you don’t teach them to associate people with food. Teaching bears to depend on human food creates nothing but problems for people and bears.

Read on for more bear cub informaton: https://bearwise.org/january-february-is-birthday-time-for-bears/

12/31/2024

Have you been experiencing conflicts with bears in your neighborhood or community? Sharing from BearWise… 🐻

Now is the time during the winter months to get started on creating a BearWise neighborhood and launch an action plan for communities in bear country. Implementing two proven, long-term solutions will help protect people, property, and bears by 1) Switching to bear-resistant trash containers and 2) Implementing effective ordinances / bylaws. The process starts by investigating your community. Ask: Are bears getting into neighborhood garbage trash cans or breaking into other food sources? Are local authorities getting calls about bear issues? If so, get your community involved by organizing and motivating to make changes to be BearWise and educated, working with your state wildlife agency. Use the BearWise resources, articles, and bulletins to spread the word and see examples of BearWise communities. Get the action plan steps and examples here: bearwise.org/community-resources

Photo credit: Black Mountain neighborhood in North Carolina (photo: Fred McCormick)

12/13/2024

Sharing from our friends Wind River Bear Institute! Happy 2nd Birthday Pups!

11/15/2024

A good reminder to make sure all attractants are secured….

10/18/2024

Sharing from Bear Smart Durango…. 🐻

From a residents trail camera in their yard in-town Durango last week.

10/12/2024

Had some visitors pass through last night. 🐻 Remember to please secure your attractants.

09/27/2024

Sharing from CBC Alberta…

More frequent bear sightings in Fort McMurray have prompted action. The municipality is now rolling out bear-resistant garbage bins in higher-risk neighbourh...

09/27/2024

Sharing an important tip from our friends Bear-ier Solutions…

09/26/2024

Sharing from Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency… it’s been a tough time for bears in Central and Eastern Tennessee so far this year….