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 Omenica 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:

 

3491 Clearwood Crescent

Prince George, BC

V2K 4R1.

Phone: 250-301-7575

Fax: 250-563-5438