Today bears have a growing people-problem: their “backyards” are full of humans and people-provided food is everywhere. Discover practical solutions and real-world examples of how to prevent conflicts at home and at play so we can do a better job of sharing space with these intelligent, adaptable animals.
CONTENTS
- Understanding Bears and Bear Behavior
- Bear-Proofing Your Home
- Being Bear-Smart in the Outdoors
- Attractant Management: Garbage, Bird Feeders, Fruit Trees, Chicken Coops, Gardens and more
- Creating Bear-Smart Communities
- Preventing Conflicts
- Responding to Encounters and Attacks
- A Bear Manager's World
- Case Studies from the U.S. & Canada
- North American Bear Populations
- Lexicon of Terminology & Extensive Resources
Living with Bears has been the ultimate guidebook to living smart, staying safe and sharing space with bears since 2006. The revised and expanded 2nd edition, Living with Bears Handbook, has been fully updated and is easier to use than ever. It’s packed with practical information, useful tips, inspiring success stories and advice from bear and people experts from all over the continent.
Recommended by BearWise, the National Wildlife Federation, International Association for Bear Research and Management, wildlife managers and experts throughout North America.
Author and researcher Linda Masterson is an award-winning writer and the author of two popular books:
Living With Bears Handbook, and
Surviving Wildfire, a practical guidebook for homeowners born from real-world experience. Masterson has been a featured presenter at conferences and workshops, both for bears (International Bear Management Association) and wildfire (National Fire Protection Association). Her business background includes extensive experience in strategic planning, marketing and communications, including years as a creative director and senior vice president of Ketchum Communications. She is currently a partner in the firm Masterson & Phillips and lives on Florida's southern Gulf Coast. Linda was a member of Colorado Parks and Wildlife's Bear Aware team for more than a decade, and along with her husband Cory Phillips, has hiked through more than a hundred parks and forests throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Technical advisor Rich Beausoleil has been conducting bear research since 1997 in Louisiana, Tennessee, New Mexico and Washington, where he's been the statewide bear and cougar specialist for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife since 2002. Rich is the Chair of the Management Committee for the International Association for Bear Research and Management (IBA) and a frequent contributor to professional publications and journals. He's also authored several agency manuals on responding to human-carnivore conflicts, and his efforts contributed to the state of Washington passing an anti-feeding regulation. Rich holds double degrees in wildlife biology, a BS from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a Master's Degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.
