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.
Kim Titchener has been the driving force behind the success of the Bow Valley WildSmart Program. During the 5 years I have worked with her she has brought the organization from being a concept to a reality in the Bow Valley.
Kim’s academic training coupled with years of hands on operational experience dealing with human/wildlife conflict issues ensures accurate and understandable messaging to improve safety for workers, recreational users and wildlife.
Kim is very knowledgeable regarding communication opportunities, using T.V., radio and social media to get human/wildlife safety and conflict reduction messaging to a wide range of public effectively. Her focus is developing human/wildlife conflict resolution skills through educational outreach and wildlife attractant management programs.
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