Page 6 - Januray-February 2020 Magazine Issue

Bears in Klahanie

Last week we were notified that garbage can to replace your
two young bears were seen on current container. These new
the Yellow Lake trail. For those of containers have a locking lid,
us used to the assumption that all which is easy for a human to use
bears are in hibernation by now, but very difficult for a bear. These
this sounded like something that two steps are especially critical if
would make the evening news. you live next to any of the trails or
easements.
What is news is the fact that
many bears now find enough Once the Bears discover that your
food scraps available from delicious smelling food waste is
human’s garbage cans that they not so easy to get to, they will
can survive year-around. As bypass your home in favor of
evidenced by the two young easier pickings elsewhere.
bears, they remain in Klahanie so
they can be close to their food
source. They are smart animals
and know where to find food and
which home to bypass because
there is no food.
The only way we are going
to change the bear’s learned
behavior is to change our own
habits. Let’s approach this in
two easy steps. 1. Move all
trash cans into your closed
garage and keep them there
until the morning of your trash
pickup. 2. Contact Republic
Services, our community
disposal company and request
that they deliver a “Bear-proof”

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