Bear Aware/Smart/Wise Programs in North America

Canada:

Alberta

Alberta BearSmart Program
website: www.bearsmart.alberta.ca

Bow Valley WildSmart Community Program
Kim Titchener
Suite 201, 600 9th Street Canmore Alberta T1W 2T2
phone: 403-678-3445 Ext 2
email: use contact form
website: www.wildsmart.ca

Crowsnest Conservation Society
Jenice Smith - Living with Bears Program Coordinator
P.O. Box 242, Crowsnest Pass, Alberta
12710-20 Ave, Main Street Blairmore
phone: 403-562-8923
email: office@crowsnestconservation.ca
website: www.crowsnestconservation.ca

British Columbia

BC Ministry of Environment - Get Bear Aware
A great government resource about the problem, prevention, the role of the Conservation Officer Service and BC Bear Tolerant Communities. For information on BC's Bear Smart Community Program, link.

To report a conflict in BC, call 1-877-952-7277 or cell: #7277

Bear Aware is a program of the British Columbia Conservation Foundation

BC Conservation Foundation
200A-1383 McGill Rd
Kamloops BC V2C 6K7
250-828-2551
e: bearawareprogram@bccf.com

Bear Aware Programs in BC

Coquitlam
Drake Stephens, Coquitlam Urban Wildlife Coordinator
Environmental Services Division
3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam , B.C. V3B 7N2
phone: 604-927 3554 (office)
email: urbanwildlife@coquitlam.ca

Fernie Bear Smart
Tracy McGuire
email: tracy_mcguire@hotmail.com

Hope Mountain Black Bear Committee (HMBBC)
Lydia Koot
phone: 604-860-4558
email: lkoot@hopemountain.org
website: www.hopemountain.org/hmbbc.html

Kimberley Get Bear Smart!
Robert Newall
phone: 250-432-9222
email: bearaware@wildsight.ca

Lions Bay
Lions Bay Bear Smart Committee
Norma Rogers phone: 604-921-8467
email: normarogers@telus.net
Anne Page (Village Administrative Assistant)
Village Office phone: 604-921-9333
email: office@lionsbay.ca
website: www.bearsmart.com/LionsBay

Lower Slocan Valley
Get Bear Smart Society-Kootenay Chapter
Evelyn Kirkaldy
phone/fax: 250-359-6611
email: eekbears@hotmail.com
website: www.bearsmart.com/Kootenay

North Vancouver, West Vancouver
North Shore Black Bear Society
phone: 604-990-BEAR(2327)
email: info@northshorebears.com
website: www.NorthShoreBears.com

Prince George
Northern Bear Awareness
phone: 250-563-5437
fax: 250-563-5438
email: scwa1@telus.net
website: www.northernbearawareness.com

Prince Rupert/Port Edward
Kim St. Pierre
phone/fax: 250-627-8171
email: mantlekats@msn.com

Rossland Bear Aware/Smart
Rachael Roussin
address: Box 1232, Rossland, BC V0G 1Y0
phone/fax:250-362-5452
email: rosslandbearaware@live.com
website: www.rosslandbearaware.org

Squamish
Bear Aware Program
Meg Toom, Program Delivery Specialist
phone: 604-815-5066
email: bearaware@squamish.ca
website: www.bearsmart.com/Squamish

Trail
Living with Bears
Darcee O'Hearn, Program Leader
phone: 250-362-5559
email: darceeo@telus.net
website: www.bearsmart.com/Trail

Upper Slocan Valley, Nakusp, Arrow Lakes Bear Smart Program
Daniel Sherrod / Erica Mallam
phone: 250-358-2333
email: daniels@vws.org or ericam@vws.org

Vancouver Island
Crystal McMillan
phone: 250-266-BEAR(2327)
email: bearsmartbc@telus.net

Whistler
Get Bear Smart Society
Sylvia Dolson - phone: 604-905-4209
To report a conflict: 604-905-BEAR(2327)
Contact Sylvia by email.
website: www.bearsmart.com
facebook; twitter

Other Bear Aware Programs

Ontario

TO REPORT BEAR PROBLEMS:
contact the Bear Reporting Line
1-866-514-BEAR (2327)
(TTY) 705-945-7641

website: ontario.ca/bearwise

United States:

California

Lake Tahoe
BEAR League
Ann Bryant
phone: 530-525-PAWS(7297)
email: bearsnsquirrels@sbcglobal.net
website: www.savebears.org

Colorado

Durango, Colorado- BearSMART
Bryan Peterson, Executive Director
address: PO Box 2291 Durango, CO 81302-2291
phone: 970-749-4262
email: bp@frontier.net
website: www.bearsmartdurango.org

Maine

Black Bear Society
address: P.O. Box 4653, Augusta, ME 04330
phone: 888-228-3197
email: jason@blackbearsociety.org
website: www.blackbearsociety.org

Montana

Swan Valley, Montana
Patti Sowka
Living with Wildlife Foundation
address: PO Box 1152, Swan Valley, MT 59826
phone: 406-544-5307
email: patti@lwwf.org
website: www.lwwf.org

New Jersey

The Bear Education And Resource Group (BEAR)
Janet Piszar
phone: 973-315-3219
email: hasla1@verizon.net
website: www.savenjbears.com

New Mexico

Tijeras, New Mexico
Sandia Mountain BearWatch
Jan Hayes, Founder
address: PO Box 591, Tijeras, NM 87059
phone: 505-281-9282
email: jan@janhayes.com
website: www.SandiaMountainBearWatch.org

New York

Adirondack Park, Black Bear Education, Awareness, and Research Program (BBEAR)
Zoe Smith, Director
Wildlife Conservation Society's Adirondack Program
address: 7 Brandy Brook Ave. #204, Saranac Lake, NY 12983
phone: 518-891-8872
email: zsmith@wcs.org
website: wcs.org/adirondacks

North Carolina

Asheville, North Carolina
Simon Thompson & Chris Jaquette
Wild Birds Unlimited
address: 1997 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC 28803
phone: 828-687-9433
email: ashevillewbu@charterinternet.com

website:http:www.asheville.wbu.com

Bear Smart WNC
PO Box 1834
Highlands, NC  28741
phone: 828-526-9227
email: bearsmartwnc@gmail.com

Virginia

Wintergreen Bear Smart, Virginia
Bob and Sarah Scott
address: 125 Valley View Lane, Roseland, VA 22967
phone: 434-325-7375
email: scottrl1961@verizon.net

Washington

Northwest Wildlife Stewards, Issaquah
Cathy Macchio
phone: 206-234-1729
email: wildlifestewards@gmail.com
website: www.nwwildlifestewards.com

Sky Valley Bear Smart Project
Wendy Gardner- Project Leader
phone: 206-947-2374
email: wendyg85@gmail.com
website: www.bearinfo.org

Wyoming

Bear Wise Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation
Nalani M. Askov, Executive Director
address: PO Box 8042, Jackson WY 83002
phone: 307-739-0968
email: Nalani@jhwildlife.org
website: www.jhwildlife.org

Europe

The Netherlands

Muskwa Wildlife Projects
Eindhoven Raymond Dorgelo, Koen de Louw
email: muskwawild@gmail.com
website: www.muskwawild.eu
phone: 0031-624507113

The Get Bear Smart Society strives to work with all agencies and organizations that have similar goals for minimizing human-bear conflict. We do not necessarily agree with or prescribe to all of their policies, but we believe it is important to work together in order to build bear smart communities.