Our role is to support communities to educate and engage citizens in reducing human-bear conflict.
We offer assessments and can help plan and implement critical communication and outreach strategies to help make communities safe for people and wildlife.
Reducing bear mortalities has become a major concern for companies working in bear country. Keeping up with the latest research, regulations and bear conflict solution techniques is essential.
Bear Safety & More can help you to meet your environmental responsibilities and become leaders in responsible development, safety and environmental stewardship. It can also create a sense of pride in staff who work for a company that takes an active role in conserving wildlife and increasing safety for workers.
Having Kim present to our community in the early planning stages of our BearSmart program was a huge step forward.
Kim was able to share her experiences with educational programs that have worked in the Canmore area, and provide solid advice on next steps to pursue with the ultimate goal of educating residents and reducing attractants in surrounding subdivisions.
Industrial camps operating within bear habitat from April 1 to November 30 should complete a “Bear-Human Conflict Management Plan for Camps”, based on the size and duration of the camp operation. These plans allow a systematic check of BearSmart action steps to prevent conflicts.
Bears and Industrial Workers guidelines, Province of Alberta
The new Industry BearSmart Program provides strategies to reduce attractants at worksites and education tools for workers to minimize human-bear encounters. The program focuses on two primary components: the industrial camps where workers are housed and the safety of the individual employees working in bear habitat.
Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resources Development