When MVBS began, county residents wanted a means to let one another know where and when they saw bears even if the bears were not causing a conflict. We developed our website to meet that request.

So if you see a bear, please send us an email to sightings@mountainviewbearsmart.com and we will post it to the website and include it in our weekly bear activity report. Use the subject line “Bear Sighting” and include as much of the following information as you can:

• your name and contact information
• species sighted – grizzly bear, black bear, cougar, wolf, etc (photos welcome)
• date, time and place of the sighting (include legal land location or GPS coordinates)
• the number of animals seen – male or female; with or without cubs
• is the site residential, rural, acreage, urban, industrial facility, etc
• what the animal was doing at the time – passing through, eating, into the garbage, etc
• was the animal close to a house, barn, livestock, pets, etc

(PERSONAL INFORMATION & LAND LOCATION IS KEPT CONFIDENTIAL & NOT POSTED TO THE WEBSITE)

Please feel free to email MVBS at sightings@mountainviewbearsmart.com if you need help to identify bear species from photographs, to identify paw prints, scat, etc and to answer any questions on wildlife biology and management.