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: