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Industrial Activity in Bear Country
By ensuring that your camp is properly located, designed, and maintained, and your activities take bear habitat and bear behaviour into account, you can reduce the likelihood of your camp or crew harming, or being harmed by the bears in the vicinity.
Facts
- Increased activity in the backcountry can affect bear behaviour as well as increase the likelihood of negative bear-human encounters.
- Industrial activity can affect bear populations in several ways:
- alienation from important habitats
- increased energy expenditure
- injury or death
Resources for Industrial Activity & Bear Safety
- Guidelines for Industrial Activity in Bear Country
1.3 MB - for the mineral exploration, placer mining, and oil and gas industries - Bear Safety Publications
Contact Conservation Officer Services Environment Yukon Government of Yukon Box 2703 (V-18) Phone (Whitehorse): 867-667-8005 Fax: 867-393-6206 Email: sylvia.bailey@gov.yk.ca Regional Conservation Offices:
Report Problem Bears 1-800-661-0525 |
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