Coexisting with Carnivores Alliance
We promote coexistence between people, bears, cougars and wolves by providing strategic leadership, support, education and innovative tools to communities sharing the landscape with carnivores in southern Vancouver Island.
SEMINAR ON TRAILCAMERA USAGE
Project TEACH (Talking about Ecology and Aims for Conserving Habitat)
A collaborative webinar series developed in partnership between Raincoast Conservation Foundation, the University of British Columbia, Coexisting with Carnivores Alliance, and the University of Victoria. Every Thursday from May 12th until June 9th, from 12PM to 1PM our group of collaborators will be joined by a panel of three experts to explore the landscape-level impacts of human decision-making focused on such themes as human/carnivore connections and the balancing act between conservation and recreation.
Following these learning sessions we will gather together for an in-person “Solutions Session” at the University of Victoria on June 23rd (1pm to 4pm). To learn more about Project TEACH: https://www.raincoast.org/project-teach/
Here the previous panel discussions:
Wildlife cameras in Sooke Hills park helping researchers monitor effects of human presence
A project years in the making is under way in one of the Capital Regional District’s (CRD) largest parks, with the goal of monitoring and assessing wildlife, their movements and the impact human activity has on their behaviour. The Sooke Hills Wilderness Project is a collaboration between the CRD, the University of Victoria and the Coexistence with Carnivores Alliance. Read more here.
Electric Fencing - keeping the bears away
THERE’S A NEW WOLF IN TOWN
It appears an old resident has moved back, and a group of interested people has taken it upon themselves to do as much as possible to ensure their return is as smooth and incident free as possible. Read more about it and about wolf awerness - wolf primer here.
HOW TO ELECTRIC FENCE
Do you want to learn more about eletric fencing and how such tool can prevent human-carnivores conflicts? Read more about it here.
Here some suggestions to avoid Attracting bears to your home
The reason there tends to be so many bears in residential areas is due to food-conditioning. Bears are creatures of habit and once they realize there are easy sources of food that are readily available to them, they will continue to come back. If you manage the bear attractants around your house you can keep your family safe and keep bears from being destroyed. There are a number of things you can do.