Addressing the three-pronged goals of attractant management, deadstock removal and human safety, CACP initiatives include electric fencing projects, grain bin replacements and feed storage retrofits, deadstock removal with free farm pick-ups, and bear safety workshops for agricultural families. In support of the CACP Emerald Award nomination, the late local rancher Charlie Russell reflected,  “ I never thought that I would see the day where so many people would be learning to live with these large predators and I attribute this to the good work of this community-based initiative.”

To date, the CACP has completed over 70 cost-shared, attractant management projects with 50 families, and removed over 3,500 carcasses from 500,000 hectares of land.

WBRA Executive Director Nora Manners and Science and Stewardship Coordinator Dr. Andrea Morehouse at the 2018 Emerald Awards presentation.

We would like to congratulate all the landowners, funders and other supporters who have contributed to the CACP over the years.   The 2018 Emerald Award goes out to you; it is your hard work and dedication that has made this program a success.

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For the past 27 years, the Emerald Awards have recognized and celebrated the outstanding environmental achievements of large and small businesses, individuals, not-for-profit associations, community groups, youth, and governments.

In 2009, the CACP was initiated by the Waterton Biosphere Reserve in response to increasing conflicts between large carnivores (bears, wolves, cougars) and agricultural land uses in southwestern Alberta. The CACP benefits both people and large carnivores. The program is a multi-faceted community-based approach which identifies key sources of human wildlife conflicts, designs practical solutions to improve attractant management, reduces the economic impacts of large carnivores on agricultural producers, and enhances the safety of residents. Initiatives include: electric fencing projects, grain bin replacements and feed storage retrofits, removal of dead livestock from the landscape, and bear safety workshops for agricultural families.

Congratulations to all the landowners, land managers, local partners, funders and organizations who have supported the CACP over the years.  Your commitment and hard work on helping reduce and mitigate conflicts that can occur when people and carnivores share the same landscape is being recognized !

The program is a provincial success story of different people and perspectives working together through partnership organizations and levels of government to facilitate the coexistence of people and large carnivores.

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Large Carnivore Attractant Management
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WBR Carnivores and Communities Technical Guides
WBR Technical Guide: Deadstock Removal Program 
Annie Loosen – April 2015; Updated by Andrea Morehouse – Nov 2017 – WBRA
WBR Technical Guide: Electric Fencing
Annie Loosen – April 2015 – WBRA
WBR Carnivores and Communities Technical Guide: Securing Your Grain Storage
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