Creating Bear Aware Communities workshop

• Start Date: November 16, 2001
• End Date: November 17, 2001
• City: Revelstoke, BC

Summaries of presentations are available here as a 160 PDF download.

This workshop offered information on reducing bear/human conflicts in communities. One day of presentations covered the following topics:

• Overview of bear biology and why bears come into communities.
• Why bear–proofing of communities is important.
• Case studies of success stories – Canmore, Whistler, Revelstoke, and Parks Canada
• BC Provincial government’s Bear Smart Communities Program
• Practical solutions – landfill fencing and bear-proof containers.
• Working within the municipal structure to become Bear Aware
• A field trip around town on the morning of the second day showed what Revelstoke has done to become a leading “Bear Aware” community.

The Columbia Mountains Institute is grateful for the support of the following agencies that contributed financial or in-kind support for this event:

• City of Revelstoke
• Columbia Basin Trust, through the Columbia Kootenay Fisheries Renewal Partnership
• Haul-All Equipment
• Margo Supplies
• Parks Canada
• Revelstoke Printing Company
• Rollins Machinery