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NV Dept. of Wildlife Wants You to "Think Like a Bear"

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Friday, July 8, 2016   

CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Nevada Department of Wildlife wants you to think like a bear - in order to protect them.

In the past 10 years, bear complaints have risen sharply as drought restricts their natural food supply and more people make their homes near bear habitat. In response, Gov. Brian Sandoval has declared July BEAR Logic Month - which stands for "Bear Education, Aversion and Research."

Chris Healy, public information officer for the Nevada Department of Wildlife, said people have to make sure they don't accidentally leave things out that lure bears closer to humans.

"Don't leave garbage available to bears. Don't leave dirty barbecues, birdseed, food in your car; an open garage door that might lead to food in the garage," Healy said. "All of these things are attractants in the urban interface."

Keeping pet food in places where bears can't get to it and using bear-resistant trash containers will help, Healy said. Nevada is home to from 500 to 700 black bears, mostly in the Tahoe basin and the west side of Reno, Carson City, Minden and Gardnerville.

Healy said the issue affects people across the state because so many visit bear country as tourists and can unwittingly help make bears dependent on humans for food - which is, of course, a recipe for conflict.

"When it becomes a dangerous bear, oftentimes the only recourse of the Nevada Department of Wildlife is to euthanize that bear," he said, "and that really is the last thing that we want to do."

Research indicates that 95 percent of bear conflicts involve trash. So, experts with the BEAR Logic campaign also are working with condo associations and people who manage rental properties to drive home the message about bear safety.

More information is online at ndow.org/Bear.


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