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Electric fencing shockingly effective deterring bears

Black bears can cause property damage – including the loss of chickens, beehives, small livestock and valued fruit trees – which can be both financially and emotionally draining. Electric fe...

DATE: Oct 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Bear Smart

Helping bears by removing a fruity temptation

Fruit harvesting helps lower bear interactions

DATE: Sep 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bear euthanized after killing miniature horse

Fourth bear euthanized this summer in otherwise quiet season

DATE: Aug 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Kids easier to train when it comes to bears

Bears pay price of human carelessness

DATE: Apr 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Are bear resistant cans working?

When grizzly bears in Montana can’t break into bear-resistant trash cans, yet black bears in Durango can, it raises the question – what’s going on here? Bryan Peterson, executive ...

DATE: Apr 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Hungry bears emerge from hibernation in La Plata County

Remember to keep food and trash out of reach

DATE: Mar 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Follow the leader

DATE: Nov 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Drop off your pumpkins Monday in Durango

If there’s a post-Halloween jack-o’-lantern still leering on your front porch, bears and other wildlife are more than happy to steal it. Rather than leave those squashy orange go...

DATE: Nov 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘I can take the long view’

Gwen Lachelt says regulation is best way to represent gas, natural lands

DATE: Sep 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

For bears, ‘it’s 20/20 time’

Working group establishes ursine plan

DATE: Sep 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Save the bears and trade in your bird feeder

Attracting the animals can create nuisance

DATE: Apr 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bear possibly rummaging around in Pagosa Springs

A recent photo suggests a bear waddled onto a Pagosa Springs resident’s property and pillaged its trash can. Bryan Peterson, of Bear Smart Durango, said he saw the photograph on F...

DATE: Mar 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News