Bear Wise Jackson Hole
Keep Bears Wild and People Safe!
How do I order a bear proof garbage can?
Recently, the Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation partnered with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to help facilitate implementation of the Bear Wise Jackson Hole program. The goal of Bear Wise Jackson Hole is to assist our community in avoiding human/bear conflicts. This is being accomplished through an educational outreach campaign and by helping neighborhoods and homeowners associations acquire and use certified bear-resistant garbage containers. So far, public response to this project has been very supportive and positive. To date Teton Village Improvement Service District, Ellen Creek, Owl Creek and Solitude home owners associations have all voted to require home owners to purchase and use certified bear-resistant containers. For more information on what a “bear-resistant container is, please go to: http://www.fs.fed.us/r1/wildlife/igbc/Safety/resistantcontainer.pdf
The Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation believes it is important for each citizen in Teton County to respect the wild nature of bears and to avoid attracting bears to developed areas, particularly those areas identified by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department where human/bear conflicts have historically been high. The Wildlife Foundation encourages individuals to purchase and use certified bear-resistant containers if they live in area identified by Game and Fish as appropriate for use. If you would like to order a certified bear-resistant container through the Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation, please email us at info@jhwildlife.org.
Human/bear conflicts are impacting many communities nationwide, and reducing the conflicts associated with garbage handling is a top priority. Once a bear becomes food-conditioned to garbage, it almost inevitably leads to the death of that bear. Human conflicts are the leading cause of bear mortality. To be able to co-exist with bears in the Tetons in the future, it is critical that bear-resistant garbage systems be implemented and we develop a greater understanding of bear ecology and how we can bear-proof our communities.
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