Electric fencing for bear attractants garners 50% reimbursement program
Here in Montana, many of us live, travel and recreate in bear country. Being “bear aware” here is more a requirement than a recommendation. However, it can be easy to overlook the common bear attractants in our backyards that can become sources of human-bear conflict, especially if you are new to living in landscapes populated by bears.
As grizzly populations slowly return to their historic range, people are encountering them in some areas for the first time in decades.
In other areas like Bigfork and the Swan Valley, they’ve never left, along with robust black bear populations. In both cases, if attractants like garbage, bird feeders, grills, livestock feed, and chickens are left unsecured, chances are good that you’re eventually going to be faced with a bear conflict.
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