How to Stay ‘Bear Aware’ While Out in the Wilderness

It occurs yearly in late summer season when the bears are out and about foraging for no matter they’ll eat to get their weight on for the upcoming winter. In Banff, Canada, that is additionally when the Shepherdia (a.okay.a. buffalo berries; considered one of bears’ favourite meals) are ripe. Which suggests, the bears will likely be out doing their factor in a few of the similar areas that folks most like to recreate. This may be problematic, and most of the time, it’s the bears who find yourself struggling the most.

A couple of years in the past, a six-year-old feminine grizzly bear (Bear 148) was relocated inside her residence vary, after which translocated out of the Bow Valley due to her unlucky interactions with people. Shortly after her second, long-distance transfer, she wandered into British Columbia and was shot—grizzly bear looking just isn’t unlawful in B.C.

Bears have one factor on their thoughts, meals. Picture: Courtesy of Chris Geirman/Unsplash

But having fun with nature amongst the bears is feasible, and being a accountable human is the proper factor to do. Due to 148’s dying, the neighborhood labored collectively to provide you with a complete report on Wildlife and Human Coexistence. Though the report was made for the Bow Valley, it accommodates info that’s pertinent for any space the place people and wildlife coexist.

We sat down with Invoice Hunt, Useful resource Conservation Supervisor for Banff Nationwide Park to get recommendations on how to be “bear conscious” in bear habitat.

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