Our Bear Wise resources will help people and communities learn more about:
- Black bears including their behaviour and biology
- How people can prevent attracting bears to themselves, their property and their communities
They will also help you establish and promote your local Bear Wise Program.
Included in this section are various fact sheets, educational products, how-to and technical information as well as Public Service Announcements. Please feel free to download and use these items as they are provided.
Education
Graphics
- Density of Bears in Ontario Map
- Black Bear Annual Food Cycle
- General Comparison of Reproductive Potential of Big Game Species in Ontario
Community Tool Kit
- Ads
- Radio and Public Service Announcements
- Technical Drawings – Bear Traps
- Best Practices for Becoming a Bear Wise Community
- Guidelines for the installation of Electric Fence for Excluding Black Bears
- Guidelines for the Installation of Temporary Electric Fencing for Black Bears
Municipal By-Law Kit
- Reduction of Human – Bear Conflicts Through Effective Management of Attractants in Communities: A Toolkit for Municipal By-laws (PDF Size: 68 K)
Articles (formerly Tech Notes)
- Dispatching Problem Bears
- Bees, Bears and Beekeepers: What you need to know about the law and protection of Property
- Nuisance Black Bears and What to do With Them (NEST Technical Note TN-017) (PDF Size: 1 Mb)
Reports
- Evaluation Of Ontario's Provincial Bear Wise Program
- Nuisance Bear Review Committee - Report and Recommendations - August 2003
(PDF - Size: 7.6 Mb)
Links to other bear prevention programs and information
- Staying Safe in Bear Country, Alberta
http://www.canadianrockies.net/grizzly/gbsafety.html - Get Bear Smart Society, Whistler, British Columbia
www.bearsmart.com - Bear Smart Program, Government of British Columbia
www.env.gov.bc.ca/wld/bearsmart/bearsmintro.html - Bear Smart Program, Government of Manitoba
www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/wildlife/problem_wildlife/bbear_country.html - Living with Bears - Garbage Storage Ideas, Alaska, USA
Tips, suggestions and do-it-yourself projects
www.juneau.org/bears/garb.php - Living with Wildlife Foundation, Montana, USA
www.lwwf.org
TO REPORT BEAR PROBLEMS: contact the Bear Reporting Line at:
1-866-514-2327 (TTY) 705 945-7641
In a life-threatening emergency, call your local police or 911.
