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Courses of Interest

WEBINAR: Join My Charity Connects for FREE hour-long information sessions that will cover topics relating to online technology and fundraising. Learn more.

FREE WEBINARS for Non Profits: See list for August.

Pathways to Success: Integrating Human Dimensions into Fish and Wildlife Management: Increasing Human Capacity for Global Human-Wildlife Coexistence - YMCA of the Rockies, Estes Park, Colorado, Monday, September 27, 2010 - Friday, October 1, 2010. Learn more.

Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management - October 6-7, 2010, Columbia Mountains Institute, Revelstoke, BC. Learn more.

Bear Smart Buy of the Month

Bumper Stickers

Bumper stickers are fully weather resistant vinyl. Easy to apply. They are approximately 9" x 3.75". Cost is $2 per sticker. Postage is extra. Wholesale prices are also available for stores and bear aware groups.

What's happening?

Bears continue to be sighted in urban and rural areas across North America - often where they haven't been seen in decades. They're ending up on roof malls and causing bear jams on our highways. Communities need to get bear smart. Build a bear smart movement where you live.

Many natural foods are beginning to become abundant. Don't attract bears to your property. Pay particular attention to your garbage and other attractants like bird feeders, compost, dirty BBQ's and fruit-bearing trees/bushes.

In the News

Stop the Needless Killing of British Columbia's Bears - It is time to amend the Wildlife Act to penalize the negligent management of bear attractants by property owners and residents living in bear country. It is time to save BC's bears from these needless kinds of deaths. Read more.

Tip of the Week

Always, always carry bear spray if you live, work or recreate in bear habitat. Research has shown that bear spray can be an effective means of deterring a bear — more effective, even, than a gun.