BearWise Press Releases

Chickens are fast food for bears. Three chickens, a dozen eggs and a pound of chicken feed add up to an astonishing 7,000 calories. No wonder bears are attracted to a backyard full of chickens. [...]

It’s garbage to us. It’s dinner for days for bears. Trash attracts bears because it’s a smelly, highly concentrated and dependable source of easy, high-calorie meals. Bears are very practical; if [...]

Bears instinctively avoid people, but accessible garbage, bird feeders, small livestock and other attractants can provide a hungry bear with more calories in just a few minutes than a day of [...]

Bears belong in bear country. Bears don’t belong in trash containers, picnic grounds, swimming pools, vehicles, buildings and lodging. Two new fact sheets from BearWise will help lodging [...]

Electric fencing is widely recognized as the safest, most effective long-term solution to protecting people’s stuff from bears. But for first-time fencers, knowing that electric fences work is [...]

Washington D.C. (May 24, 2023)  – The Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies is excited to announce that BearWise has now been adopted by 39 states and is being utilized by people [...]

BearWise® has a prominent role at 6th International Human-Bear Conflicts Workshop in Lake Tahoe, Nevada in October 2022. A five-member BearWise panel will discuss how BearWise builds bridges, [...]

After more than 2 years of research and development, the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (SEAFWA) launched BearWise.org in 2018. Their mission: help people live more [...]