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.
The biggest challenge we face in the Bow Valley is trying to balance human and wildlife conflicts. People far and near wish to hike and play in our prestige area which is populated with a vast variety of wildlife creating challenges for a balanced life style for humans and wildlife.
I have had the unique opportunity to work with Kim in the private and public sector and unequivocally advocate her work in assisting us to meet the objectives of balance through education, innovation, and benchmarking various programs that reduce conflicts between humans and wildlife.
There is no doubt in my mind that Kim’s hard work and efforts have reduced the mortality for humans and wildlife trying to co-exist in the Bow Valley.
Worthy of mention being born and raised in the Bow Valley and taking so much for granted, I can personally ensure you the education programs that Kim has offered has expanded my knowledge and given me a new perspective on wildlife and natural beauty within the Bow Valley.
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