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

It occurs every single calendar year in late summer when the bears are out and about foraging for whatever they can take in to get their body weight on for the approaching winter season. In Banff, Canada, this is also when the Shepherdia (a.k.a. buffalo berries one of bears’ favored meals) are ripe. Which usually means, the bears will be out undertaking their point in some of the similar spots that people today most like to recreate. This can be problematic, and much more generally than not, it’s the bears who end up struggling the most.

A couple of years ago, a six-calendar year-old feminine grizzly bear (Bear 148) was relocated within her dwelling variety, and then translocated out of the Bow Valley for the reason that of her unlucky interactions with individuals. Soon just after her next, long-distance go, she wandered into British Columbia and was shot—grizzly bear looking is not unlawful in B.C.

Still having fun with nature amongst the bears is possible, and staying a responsible human is the proper point to do. Thanks to 148’s dying, the community worked collectively to arrive up with a comprehensive report on Wildlife and Human Coexistence. Though the report was built for the Bow Valley, it has info that is pertinent for any space where by individuals and wildlife coexist.

We sat down with Bill Hunt, Source Conservation Supervisor for Banff National Park to get recommendations on how to be “bear aware” in bear habitat.