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Bear Hazard mitigation through signage.<br />
Bear safety back and front country via Bear Spray training in all formats – face to face, one-one, online, social media<br />
etc.<br />
Contribute to local monitoring of bear populations and their response to human industrial and recreational<br />
activities, with outreach based on the results.<br />
Activities<br />
In <strong>2020</strong>, in partnership with Coast to Cascades Grizzly Bear Initiative, the Bear Working Group hired a Bear<br />
Conflict Coordinator to implement recommendations in the Bear Hazard Assessment of the area done in 2019.<br />
The activities of the coordinator included developing public awareness of residents and visitors alike on managing<br />
attractants and safe use of our area with an eye to grizzly bears.<br />
A very successful and COVID safe bear awareness day was put on in late August and included bear spray training.<br />
A Facebook page was created - Bear Awareness in the BRV and has garnered many likes and been very active<br />
Signage was placed a number of times over the summer and early fall indicating where grizzly bear sows and cubs<br />
were seen.<br />
Training Committee<br />
Funding was received for a FireSmart educational event but due to Covid-19 the event and funding is being heldover<br />
until May 2021.<br />
All other proposed courses including Food Safe and Occupational First Aid are being held-over to 2021 as well.<br />
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