Resources

Videos available through the Revelstoke Library (orl.bc.ca)

Living in Bear Country. Click here to read about this DVD.

Staying Safe in Bear Country. Click here to read about this DVD

Web sites

Revelstoke Bear Aware Facebook page

Garbage Collection and Waste Management Bylaw” #2178, City of Revelstoke

Animal Control and Licensing Bylaw” #2183, City of Revelstoke

Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology (and search using the word “bear”)

Get Bear Smart Society, Whistler, BC

BC Conservation Officer Service , BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy

Bear Smart, BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy

Bear Safety in national parks, Parks Canada

WildSafeBC

Wildsafe BC’s Wildlife Alert and Reporting Program

Booklet

Download the booklet Travelling Safely in Bear Country .

YouTube

Parks Canada video on how to use bear spray

How to Guide on putting up an Electric Fence by Gillian Sanders of Grizzly Bear Coexistence Solutions

More resources

Constructing a predator proof electric fence

Fruit tree pruning and bear attractants

Composting in bear country

Bear Aware Family Checklist

Homeowner’s checklist

Bear Aware Report Card

Activity pages

These pages are sometimes used as part of a children’s community event or a classroom visit.

Bear & birdfeeder colour sheet

Bear & fruit colour sheet

Camping colour sheet

Bear trouble colour sheet page 1

Bear trouble colour sheet page 2

Circle the bear attractants colouring sheet

Connect the dots bear colouring sheet

What should wild bears eat? colouring sheet

What’s in the bear’s tummy? colouring sheet

Bear Aware comic book

Grade three children’s book about bear attractants

Bear Aware crossword puzzle

Bear Aware fortune teller

Cut out bear mask

 

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