Bear Awareness Course
Calgary, Alberta | Bear Safety and Awareness
Bear Awareness and Avoidance: This four hour course is designed to provide individuals with information on bear avoidance, awareness and identification, most confrontations between bears and humans can be avoided when people have a firm understanding of bear behaviour and reasons for bear encounters. This course is includes both classroom theory and outdoor practical exercises. The following topics are covered utilizing theoretical classroom instruction and practical hands-on exercises:
• Bear Awareness and Safety,
• Black Bear and Grizzly Bear identification
• Bear ecology,
• Understanding Bear behaviour,
• Habitat and potential encounters,
• Hazard Recognition: food sources and bear signs,
• Preventative Measures: while hiking or camping and working in the field
• Camp Set- up,
• Response Techniques for encounters in the field,
• Non – lethal deterrents,
• How to safely use, handle and store bear spray,
• How to safely transport bear spray,
• First Aid Treatment for bear spray exposure,
• Review of the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for bear spray,
• Noise Deterrents and
• Outdoor practical demonstration on the proper use of bear spray
• Black Bear and Grizzly Bear identification
• Bear ecology,
• Understanding Bear behaviour,
• Habitat and potential encounters,
• Hazard Recognition: food sources and bear signs,
• Preventative Measures: while hiking or camping and working in the field
• Camp Set- up,
• Response Techniques for encounters in the field,
• Non – lethal deterrents,
• How to safely use, handle and store bear spray,
• How to safely transport bear spray,
• First Aid Treatment for bear spray exposure,
• Review of the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for bear spray,
• Noise Deterrents and
• Outdoor practical demonstration on the proper use of bear spray
| Course price: $100 |  |
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