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This public awareness program aims to reduce conflict between bears and people.
BearSmart is a public awareness program for people visiting, living or working in bear territory.
Programs goals include:
To help kids learn how to be BearSmart, see:
Human activities have become more frequent in bear territory. As a result, bear habitats have become more fragmented and encounters between bears and humans more common.
Encounters between bears and people may have unfortunate consequences for both the bears and people involved.
Though quite rare, bear attacks can injure or even kill a human. If this happens, the bear will likely be found and destroyed.
Bears become used to human camps, garbage dumps, residential areas, ranches and farms when they learn these locations can provide easy meals. Once a bear gets used to an area that is also frequented by people, the chances of a bear-human encounter increase.
Moving and collaring problem bears does not always solve the problem:
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