The Mining and Petroleum Environmental Research Group and the Yukon Ministry of Environment recognized that bears have intrinsic value and are important to the proper functioning of ecosystems. They also recognized that rapidly expanding industrial activity, particularly mineral exploration, oil and gas development and placer mining, can negatively affect bear populations

They also believe that it is possible to have a successful camp operation that can safely share the landscape with bears. These Guidelines for Industrial Activity in Bear Country provide best practices for minimizing the impacts of industrial activity on bears and bear habitat and handling bear encounters.

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