Contact

Mountain View BearSmart welcomes your input and feedback, as well as your support. Please feel free to contact us. For general information on our society and events: info@mountainviewbearsmart.com


We are always looking for new members. We meet regularly over a potluck supper or Zoom and brainstorm. You don’t need to know a lot about bears, just a willingness to learn and to get involved in the education and notification tasks. To join our society, participate in our meetings, or volunteer for events: membership@mountainviewbearsmart.com


As a not-for-profit society, donations are very important to us. If you are interested in donating or to see how we spend our funding: donate@mountainviewbearsmart.com

Paul Fraser Chairman info@mountainviewbearsmart.com Bearberry, AB
Kathy Blain Vice Chairman Elkton , AB
Brenda Wagner Director Didsbury , AB
Sandie Roger Treasurer donate@mountainviewbearsmart.com Water Valley , AB
Jane Bicknell Secretary membership@mountainviewbearsmart.com Bearberry, AB
Greg Harris Director Water Valley, AB
Anne-Marie Bertagnolli Director Rocky Mountain House, AB
Deborah Skeels Director Rocky Mountain House, AB

Report a sighting

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.

Get the weekly Bear Activity Report emailed to you

To get the weekly Bear Activity Report (It’s FREE) simply send us an email to  info@mountainviewbearsmart.com and tell us the email address you want to have the report sent to. We do not SPAM, your email will be used for the report only.

If the presence of a bear or other wildlife is a human safety concern or causing damage to property or livestock,

call Fish & Wildlife for assistance at 1-800-642-3800 (24 hour, toll-free Report A Poacher line)

If the situation is a public safety emergency, call 9-1-1