Living with Bears has been the ultimate guidebook to living smart, staying safe and sharing space with bears for more than a decade. The revised and expanded 2nd edition, Living with Bears Handbook, has been fully updated and is easier to use than ever.
Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance by Stephen Herrero
Alan Precup disappeared while backpacking in the Alaskan wilderness. Days later, searchers found his campsite. In the bushes about 150 feet away, they found Precup’s bare skeleton, one intact hand, and both feet, still booted. In his camera were the exposed frames of the bear that killed him. Chris Dunkley and three friends were hiking […]
Speaking of Bears, by Rachel Mazur
The Bear Crisis and a Tale of Rewilding from Yosemite, Sequoia, and Other National Parks by Rachel Mazur. The history, compiled from interviews with over 100 individuals, of how Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon National Parks, all in California’s Sierra Nevada, created a human-bear problem so bad that there were eventually over 2,000 incidents in […]
In the Company of Bears, by Benjamin Kilham
Benjamin Kilham is a woodsman and naturalist who over the past twenty-five years has discovered and then field-tested a new, exciting wildlife biology. Ben Kilham is New Hampshire’s only licensed bear rehabilitator.
Among The Bears, by Benjamin Kilham
Benjamin Kilham is a woodsman and naturalist who over the past twenty-five years has discovered and then field-tested a new, exciting wildlife biology. Ben Kilham is New Hampshire’s only licensed bear rehabilitator.
Feed Birds Not Bears
In the fall of 2022, we made recommendations to BSA Aspen Troop 201, as an Eagle Scout project for Boy Scouts and Cub Packs, living in Bear Prime Black bear habitats, crafting nesting boxes and bird shelters instead of putting out bird feeders from April till late November. Providing a little water, like a small […]
DIY options: trash can retrofitting
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Living with Bears – Brochures by CPW
Living with Bears: A Practical Guide to Bear Country Colorado is fortunate to have Linda Masterson, author of Living with Bears: A Practical Guide to Bear Country as one of our Bear Aware team volunteers. Please visit site for more information about this book and how to live responsibly in bear country. Living with Bears […]
Bear Deterrents
Irresponsible behavior endangers not just bears — the safety of humans is a factor too. While it is well known in the Roaring Fork Valley that we provide trash can straps, we thought we would cover other bear proofing methods and bear safety measures here.
Bear Info Links
BearWise helps people live responsibly with black bears. BearWise® is the black bear program you can trust for sound information and smart solutions that help homeowners, businesses and communities coexist with bears. Visit BearWise.org to download free handouts, order BearWise materials and learn how you can help keep bears wild. The Southeastern Association of Fish and […]