It’s all about those “bear necessities”.
Spring is here and hibernation season for bears in our region is drawing to a close.
Wildsafe BC provincial coordinator Frank Ritcey says it’s important to manage attractants properly with bears searching for potential food sources.
Ritcey says garbage is a common food source.
He says there’s steps you can take to help ensure bears don’t get into your garbage
Ritcey says it causes a lot of problems when bears get food-conditioned, especially around this time of year.
This is because bears will return to areas where they’ve had past successes finding food sources.
A black bear was recently spotted in Montrose.
Earlier this month the Nelson Police Department reported a spike in bear activity in the community.
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