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  • Managing Attractants
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    • Meat caches, fish camps & hunting
    • Pets
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    • Electric fencing
      • Electric Fence Maintenance FAQ
  • Resources
  • Events
  • Take Action
    • Seasonal tips
  • Programs & Projects
    • Protecting livestock & wildlife
    • Read the signs!
    • Travelling in bear country
    • Travelling in caribou country
    • Catch & release
  • Managing Attractants
    • Garbage
    • Farm animals, berries and gardens
    • Meat caches, fish camps & hunting
    • Pets
    • Bird feeders
    • Electric fencing
      • Electric Fence Maintenance FAQ
  • Resources
  • Events

Resources & Documents

Administration

Annual Reports

  • 2020-21 Progress Report
  • 2019-20 Progress Report
  • 2018-19 Progress Report
  • 2017-18 Progress Report
  • 2016-17 Progress Report
  • 2015-16 Progress Report

Strategic Plan

  • Strategic Plan

Annual General Meeting

  • AGM Minutes 2020
  • AGM Minutes 2019
  • AGM Minutes 2018
  • AGM Minutes 2017

Brochures

  • Dan Keyi sheep brochure
  • WildWise bird feeder flyer
  • Pets: this leash keeps me safe
  • Pets: keep wildlife safe
  • Pets: this pen keeps wildlife safe
  • Safe driving tips for bear country (ENGLISH | FRENCH | GERMAN | KOREAN | MANDARIN | JAPANESE)
  • Bear safe Cabin tips (ENGLISH | FRENCH | GERMAN | KOREAN | MANDARIN | JAPANESE)
  • Bear spray for beginners (ENGLISH | FRENCH | GERMAN | KOREAN | MANDARIN | JAPANESE)

Tools to Manage Attractants

Electric Fencing

  • Visit our electric fence page
  • Electric Fencing – What you need, the basics
  • Electric Fencing – a beginner’s guide
  • Alaska Department of Fish & Game electric fencing guide – comprehensive guide to installation and product sources
  • Wildlife Damage Prevention Fund
  • The Feed Store, Pet Junction – Whitehorse retailer selling electric fence supplies
  • Hurlburt Enterprises – another local retailer carrying electric fence supplies

Wildlife info

Bears

Government resources

  • Environment Yukon’s American black bear page
  • Environment Yukon’s Grizzly bear page
  • Environment Yukon’s Polar bear page
  • Park Canada – bears in our National Parks
  • Alaska Department of Fish & Game – Living with Bears

Traveling in bear country

  • Visit our traveling in bear country page
  • Staying Safe in Bear Country – EY publications
  • EY bear safety page
  • Bear Spray – what to buy and how to use it
  • Tips for Coexistence with Grizzlies – Western Wildlife Outreach – Good bear spray instruction
  • Hiking & camping in bear country
  • Backcountry trail users grizzly bear outreach project – education for trail users in bear country
  • A great bear spray resource from My Open Country

Articles and stories

  • Where the Bear Walks – “habituated versus food conditioned” – a blog site dedicated to bear issues
  • Bear-Human conflict management at Yukon river campgrounds – Raven Ecological Blog (Deb Wellwood)
  • CBC article about increase in bear attacks in BC in 2015
  • Charlie Russell – Times Columnist article about his experience with bears
  • Female bears use humans to keep cubs safe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIvpLzHiCrg
Bear Conflict Map

WildWise project & event summaries

  • Hackathon summary
  • Door to door outreach:
    • 2019 door to door summary report
    • 2017 door to door summary report
    • Southern Lakes 2014-16 door to door summary report
  • WWY bear proof bin pilot project summary
  • Bear hazard assessment workshop summary

WildWise Research

  • Whitehorse Bear Hazard Assessment
  • Bear Risk Assessment for Yukon Place
  • Bear Smart Communities Cross jurisdictional scan
  • Tour operator survey results
  • Skagway road survey results
  • Bird feeders & Yukon bears
  • Industrial attractant management feasibility study

Other Organizations

  • Get Bear Smart Society – All about North American bears
  • Bear Smart BC – All about bear smart programs in B.C.
  • WildSafeBC
  • Bear Wise
  • Trans-border Grizzly Bear Project
  • Coast to Cascades – Grizzly bear population recovery program in southwest B.C.
  • International Association for Bear Research and Management

Teachers & Students

  • Center for Wildlife Information
  • A Bear Risk Assessment for Yukon Place. 
  • Wolves Learning Resource, 2016
  • Wildlife Viewing Program
  • Living with Canids (coyotes, foxes, wolves) bulletin
  • Western Wildlife Organization
  • Bear Smart BC learning resources for teachers and students
  • Project Caribou – An Educator’s Guide to Wild Caribou of North America

Conflicts with bears and winter sightings should be reported to the tipp line.

1-800-661-0525

A big shout out to our past and current supporters!

The WildWise Yukon Society has been dissolved. We thank you for your past support and encourage you to continue practicing wildlife safety and coexistence measures.

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