Attend one of three Carnivores and Communities Program meetings to hear updates about bear and wolf activity in southwestern Alberta. Learn about recent projects completed and support available to help landowners reduce the risk of conflict with carnivores on their land including deadstock removal, bear proofing grain bins, electric fencing, and bear proof garbage bins. Featured…
Join us for an afternoon to learn about bear safety. This workshop is targeted specifically at safety concerns for southwestern Alberta farm and ranch owners, workers, and family members (all ages welcome) as they go about their daily routines, living and working in close proximity with grizzly and black bears. Learn: how to minimize attractants…
The Waterton Biosphere Reserve would like to invite you to join us as we tour various carnivore mitigation projects of the Carnivores and Communities Program (CACP). The CACP provides support for activities designed to remove or reduce carnivore attractants. Current attractant management projects include removing dead livestock from the landscape, making grain and feed storage…
On June 1st, 2016 the Alberta Government released a new draft of the Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan (2016-2021). Recovery plans aim to maintain or recover threatened or endangered species. The Alberta Government is conducting a public survey on the draft plan and the Waterton Biosphere Reserve Association (WBRA) would like to encourage everyone to comment…
Results of the Southwest Alberta Grizzly Bear Monitoring Project show that since 2007 there has been a 4% per year increase in the grizzly bear population in Bear Management Area 6. June 28, 2016, Twin Butte, Alberta – In 2011, Dr. Andrea Morehouse embarked on the Southwest Alberta Grizzly Bear Monitoring Project (GBMP), a collaborative…
Grizzly Bear Monitoring Project Final results of the 2011-2014 Grizzly Bear Monitoring Project in Bear Management Area 6 to be released as a part of the Waterton Biosphere Reserve Association’s Annual General Meeting on June 28th, 2016. Over the years there have been many different opinions on the grizzly bear population in southwestern Alberta. While…
The Kainai Ecosystem Protection Agency will be hosting their annual KEPA Summit on June 1st to 3rd, 2016. This event is based out of Standoff, Alberta and hosts a variety of speakers, exhibits and field tours. The theme for the 2016 Summit is “Climate Change Resilience & Adaption”. The goal of the KEPA Summit is to initiate…
Large Carnivore Attractant Management Project Report The WBR is excited to share with you the newly released Large Carnivore Attractant Management Project Report for Southwestern Alberta 2013 – 2014 This document highlights the hard work being done by producers in southwestern Alberta to reduce the risk of conflict with large carnivores from 2013 to the spring…
The Carnivores and Communities program produced three technical guides Spring is just around the corner in the Waterton Biosphere Reserve area. That means before we know it many landowners will be seeing and dealing with bears on their property. The Carnivores and Communities program has produced three technical guides designed to support landowner efforts to…
The Waterton Biosphere Reserve Association would like to invite you to attend an upcoming Carnivores and Communities meeting regarding bear and wolf activity in southwestern Alberta, which will include updates on support available to help landowners reduce the risk of conflict with carnivores on their land. The Carnivores and Communities program was developed in 2009, building…