Bear Safety & Awareness

Community Bear Awareness Activities and Campaigns

Here you will find exciting new information on bear awareness activities and campaigns taking place in your community and throughout the Yukon.

Here you will find helpful publications, and audio clips from an interview with Environment Yukon's Carnivore Biologist, Ramona Maraj.

How to Stay Safe in Bear Country

Here outdoor enthusiasts will find practical information on how to stay safe in bear country while hiking, camping, fishing and roadside viewing.

Here you will find the "How to Stay Safe in Bear Country" informational booklet (pdf) developed in cooperation with the Safe in Bear Country Society.

Tips for Home Owners

Bears will enter a residential or a camp in search of food especially in late spring and early summer. Here you will find out what you can do to make sure bears are not attracted to your place.

Here you will find the "Property Audit" checklist (pdf) which you can use to see if you have anything that will attract a bear to your yard or camp.

Bear Awareness for Kids

Here children (and adults) will find fun information on how to stay "Bear Aware" in the Yukon.

Here you can print, color, and learn about bears with the "Be Bear Aware Coloring Book" (pdf).

Industrial Activity in Bear Country

Here Industrial Camp operators can find out how to properly locate, design, and maintain industrial camps in bear country.

Here you will find the "Guidelines for Industrial Activity in Bear Country" informational booklet (pdf) for mineral exploration, placer mining and oil and gas industries - developed in cooperation with the Mining and Petroleum Environmental Research Group.

Bear Publications

Here you can view all of Environment Yukon's Bear related informational pamphlets and booklets in pdf format.

Bear Research

Southern Lakes Grizzly Bear Study

Here you can find information on a five year thorough study to determine the bear population within the Southern Lakes region.

Residents, hunters, and visitors to the Southern Lakes area will find valuable safety information about tube traps, rules about hunting collared bears, and how you can help by reporting sightings of collared bears.

Yukon North Slope Grizzly Bear Research Project

This page is located on the Wildlife Management Advisory Council - North Slope Website.

Here you will find information on a study of grizzly bears in the Yukon North Slope, the northernmost part of the Yukon mainland.

Bear Species Information

Black Bear

Here you will learn about Black Bears as a species including history, characteristics, seasonal activities, and how they interact with people

Grizzly Bear

Here you will learn about Grizzly Bears as a species including history, characteristics, seasonal activities, and their ability to adapt.

Contact Environment Yukon

Government of Yukon

Box 2703 (V-3A)
Whitehorse, Yukon
Canada Y1A 2C6

Phone (Whitehorse): 867-667-5652
Toll free (in Yukon): 1-800-661-0408 local 5652

Fax: 867-393-7197

Email: environmentyukon@gov.yk.ca

Report Problem Bears

1-800-661-0525