LAKE COUNTY, Fla. -- You say bears keep taking your garbage and redistributing it around your yard?  Well, do something about it.

At this year's Florida Black Bear Festival, held on March 27, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) have a challenge for everyone.

Figure out a way to keep them out of your garbage. If you can do that, you can win one of three $100 gift card to Lowe's.

The idea is to create something that can be used by everyone, so leave the Rube Goldberg contraptions at home, and keep the unit cost under $150 (way under $150, if possible).

The rules are pretty easy: Make it impossible for a bear to access your 95-gallon garbage container, but easy for a person to do it in 5 seconds.

The FWC has a panel of bears ready to test the designs; they're in captivity in Tallahassee.

The Black Bear Festival is held each March in Umatilla, at the southern end of the Ocala National Forest, a habitat for Florida Black Bears.

It will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 27, at Cadwell Park on Cassady Street.