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Key Points
- Avoidance of bear encounters is the number 1 priority.
- While not hunting, normal hiking precautions should be followed by hunters: singing, shouting or use of noise makers in dense brush, wind at back, etc.
Learning Activities
- Lead a group discussion on other ways to avoid encounters with bears.
- If students are not able to discuss the topic, give information or a scenario and then draw out their thoughts by using questions. As students answer, discussion may develop.
- Use the lists in the safety guides listed below to stimulate discussion.
Teaching Aids
- Most of the suggested videos show normal precautions while hiking in bear habitat.
- B.C. Environment's brochure Safety Guide to Bears in the Wild contains a good list of precautions to follow. Give each student a copy.
- BC Parks' brochure Bears and Cougars ö Conservation Program is perhaps the best short publication. Statements are realistic and concise for both bears and cougars. It fits with most of the objectives of this lesson. It contains a good list of avoidance practices. Give a copy to each student.
- Rob Gile's "Bear-Wise" course contains extensive lists of avoidance and precaution measures.
Suggested Evaluation
- Ensure every student has either participated in the discussion or has asked or answered a question.
- An avoidance section in a quiz could allow students to make a list of ways to avoid encounters.
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