Northern Bear Awareness

To reduce conflict in neighbourhoods between people and bears through education, innovation and cooperation.

Northern Bear Awareness Society

The Northern Bear Awareness Program under the direction of the Omineca Bear Human Conflict Committee was incorporated as the Northern Bear Awareness Society on July 11, 2008.

 

Constitution

 

a) To address issues relating to bear-human conflicts and the high number of bears destroyed in the City of Prince George and Regional District Fraser-Fort George;  

b) To increase public awareness of the potential for bear-human conflict by promoting conservation with a focus on preventative education and community involvement;

c) To recognize that Prince George is located within bear habitat and as such to examine ways to allow bears to move around the City without becoming ‘problem’ animals;

d) To foster a pragmatic understanding, appreciation and tolerance of bears;

e) To make the City of Prince George and Regional District Fraser-Fort George bear resistant by minimizing unnatural attractants;

f) To conduct research on bear habitat and behaviour in a community environment; and

g) To achieve provincial Bear Smart status for the City of Prince George.

Contact us:

 

 

1384 River Road

Prince George, BC

V2L 5S8.

Phone: 250-301-7575

Fax: 250-563-5438

 

The Omineca Bear Human Conflict Committee (OBHCC) formed in 1998 as a program of the Spruce City Wildlife Association. The OBHCC representatives include Regional Conservation Officer Services, the City of Prince George, Solid Waste, Parks, and Environmental Services Departments, Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, University of BC, BC Conservation Foundation, biologists, educators, and others.  They developed the Northern Bear Awareness Program in 2000 with a commitment to addressing causes and solutions relating to bear-human conflicts, and the high number of bears destroyed in the city of Prince George.  Through the Northern Bear Awareness Program the committee works to increase public awareness by promoting conservation with a focus on:

 

· Preventative Education

· Fostering a pragmatic understanding, appreciation and tolerance of bears

· Bear proofing the community of Prince George by minimizing unnatural attractants.

· Conducting research on bear habitat and behaviour in a community environment

· Promoting community involvement.

 

The OBHCC continues to meet as a combination of the Northern Bear Awareness Society, The Regional District of Fraser-Fort George and the City of Prince George.