Wildlife experts often tell hikers that if they’ve spent any significant time on trails in the Bow Valley, they’ve likely been within about 10 metres of a cougar and never knew it.
The Town of Canmore is once again offering to cover the costs for residents to remove fruit trees from their property in an effort to cut back on bear encounters.
Wildlife experts often tell hikers that if they’ve spent any significant time on trails in the Bow Valley, they’ve likely been within about 10 metres of a cougar and never knew it.
Alberta Parks issued a bear closure advisory for the Rawson Lake Trail and Sarrail Ridge Route Thursday and asked visitors to take appropriate precautions.
Staff are currently putting up 15 kilometres of electric wiring on fences west of Lake Louise into the Yoho park border in part to stop the white bear from climbing over for a snack.