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
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BC Ministry of Environment - Get Bear Aware To report a conflict in BC, call 1-877-952-7277 or cell: #7277 |
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Bear Aware is a program of the British Columbia Conservation Foundation |
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
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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


