win a bear-resistant trash container!

 

Phoenix Recycling and Bear Smart Durango will be giving away a Toter bear-resistant trash container to one lucky county resident at Wednesday's Spring Bear Wake-Up Social (see below). Must be a county resident to win.

Thanks, Phoenix Recycling!

Spring Bear Wake-Up Social on May 8

Rain or shine, Bear Smart Durango presents the Second Annual Spring Bear Wake-Up Social, a fun and educational community event to raise awareness as black bears emerge from hibernation to begin a season anew with an emphasis on preventing human-bear interactions and conflict.

Wednesday, May 8
4:00 to 8:00 PM
Durango Discovery Museum

4 PM:
• Kids' activities by Frosty Pines Wilderness Education (including a Bear Scat Eating Contest)
• Live music with Darcy Cole
• Carver’s beer
• The wolves of Wolfwood
• Electric fencing demonstration by Gallagher Fencing
• Bear-resistant container and bear spray demonstrations
• Food by Manna Soup Kitchen

6:30 PM:
"Ghost Grizzlies" slideshow talk by author and naturalist, David Petersen, in the Powerhouse Theater.

Made possible by the Coutts & Clark Western Foundation and the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Museum. 

Thanks to: Miki Harder, Durango Discovery Museum, Darcy Cole, Phoenix Recycling, Fresh off the Press, Manna Soup Kitchen, The Chip Peddler, Animas High School, Carver's, Gallagher Fencing and Osprey. 

Participants include: Backcountry Experience, Gallagher Fencing, Frosty Pines Wilderness Education, Healthy Community Food Systems, Wolfwood, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Living with Wildlife Advisory Board of La Plata County, City of Durango, WCA Transit Waste, Phoenix Recycling, Waste Management and CSU Extension.

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Photos from the 2012 Spring Bear Wake-Up Social:

Lori Homstol Talk APR. 2 at 6:30PM

Wildlife biologist Lori Homstol of Whistler, BC, Canada gives a free slideshow presentation entitled, “Bear and People Management in Urban Landscapes,” on Tuesday, April 2 at 6:30 PM at the Durango Public Library.

Come see a Karelian Bear Dog!

Lori has been working with Grizzly, Black, Andean and Asian bears since 1995 in Canada, Montana, Ecuador and Japan. Her specialty is human-bear conflict and she has participated in research and management projects to modify conflict bear behavior, public education, and attractant management.

Lori Homstol: Bear and People Management in Urban Landscapes
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
6:30 PM
Durango Public Library
1900 E Third Ave
FREE!
Presented by Bear Smart Durango

Sedated black bear in Whistler, BC, Canada.

Sedated young grizzly.

Lori and her Karelian Bear Dog, Sisko, working bears in Canada.

Talking Trash: Human-Bear Conflict in the Greater Durango Area

A slideshow presentation by Bear Smart Durango Director Bryan Peterson.
Free to the general public. Donations are greatly appreciated.

Tuesday, October 23
6:30 PM - Talk at 6:45 PM
The Back Space Theatre
1120 Main Avenue
Beer and Theatre Food Available

Bear photo: Candace Richerson

Bear Paws Fundraiser at Kroegers!

 


Shop at Kroegers Ace Hardware and support Bear Smart Durango! In August, cashiers are selling one and five dollar "bear paws" as a fundraiser for Bear Smart Durango.

Donations support ongoing efforts in 1) educating residents on coexisting with black bears, 2) advocating for policies that limit foods that attract bears, 3) making bear-proofing more available in the community and 4) offering real solutions to human-bear conflict.

Special thanks to Kroegers Ace Hardware and Basin Printing. For questions, contact Bear Smart Durango at 749-4262 or bp@frontier.net.