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Learn how to avoid bear encounters and how to react if you find yourself in an unavoidable encounter with a bear.
Bear safety information for beekeepers, farmers and ranchers, including steps to take in a bear encounter.
Strategies are in place for reducing human-bear encounters at Alberta's wildfire lookout tower sites.
Tips and information for hunters who are hunting in bear country.
Information on how to make industrial camps less attractive to bears, and how industrial workers can stay safe in bear encounters.
Bear safety tips for people living in bear country, including steps to take during a bear encounter.
Outdoor recreation bear safety tips for anglers, campers, hikers and mountain bikers.