Get Bear Smart Society
 Canada  |  Animals/Wildlife

To ensure people and bears safely and respectfully coexist wherever their homes and home ranges overlap.

We educate people about how to prevent human-bear conflicts in and around their homes, neighbourhoods and communities. We help policymakers find cost-effective solutions to the challenges of creating Bear Smart communities, including the implementation of effective conflict management policies and regulations and bear-proof waste management systems, and promote innovative and practical non-lethal bear management practices. Although our work informs and influences bear management practices and policies across North America, we focus much of our time and energy on the resort community of Whistler, BC, where we are based. The improvements achieved over the years as part of our BearSmart Whistler Program illustrate what can be accomplished by implementing Bear Smart policies and practices.

Bear Smart Education

Non-lethal Bear Management

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