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The Bear Aware Program will be going into hibernation this week.

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Thank you to our volunteers, the following organizations for their ongoing support: the British Columbia Conservation Foundation, Columbia Basin Trust, the City of Fernie, R.D.E.K., the District of Elkford, Fernie Alpine Resort, Wildsight, the Free Press, the Elk Valley Herald and everyone who has made efforts to bear proof their properties in order to reduce human-bear conflict throughout the Elk Valley. Have a great winter and stay tuned for more updates next spring.

Conservation Officers and Bear Aware will be on patrol in Fernie Halloween Night

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Bear Aware is urging residents to make efforts to bring all garbage indoors, even empty cans which are know to attract bears.  On Halloween night between 6:30 and 9 pm The C.O.Service and Bear Aware will be patrolling areas with reported bear activity.  Trick or treaters, travel in groups, stay in well lit areas and make noise to warn bears of your presence to avoid surprise encounters.  Younger kids should be accompanied by an adult.  Please call in all bear sightings to the RAPP line on 1-877-952-7277 so that bear activty can be monitored and conflict prevented.

Bears eating garbage in residential areas poses a threat to public safety and usually results in the bears being killed.

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October 20.  A family of bears continues to access garbage kept outside on Alpine Way and Caribou Drive in Elkford.  Bear Aware and the Distrcit of Elkford are urging residents to make every effort possible to bring the distrcit residential garbage bins indoors (put them in a garage or a shed so bears cant get to them).  If this is not an option please consider keeping garbage inside your house (you can put the smelly stuff in the freezer) or take excess garbage to the transfer station between collection days.

The safest bear encounter is one prevented. Several bear sighitngs on Dike trail and Ridgemont trails in Fernie

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Be alert when travelling in bear country especially this time of year.  Look for signs of bear activity, scat, tracks.., make noise to warn bears of yor presence, travel in groups.  Bears have been seen on the Dike trail between the Quatrine Appts and the Leroux Mansion in Fernie and  on Ecoterrorist and Whats up Doc bike trails.   If you find evidence of bear activity in your neighborhood ask yourself why the bear was there?  In this case it is evident that this bear had been feeding on apples in someone’s yard. 

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