Our mountain bears are still out and about, so...

Remember to properly secure ALL attractants - garbage, recyclables, BBQs and smokers, pet/livestock food and bird feeders.

Our bears are actively looking for high calorie food in preparation for winter and attractants, especially garbage, are an enticing and easy target. Leaving attractants accessible leads to bears and other wildlife becoming habituated to this food source, putting your family, your property and the bears at risk. A habituated bear is a dead bear.

With the cooler weather and darker mornings, it may be tempting to put your garbage out the evening prior to collection. The RDOS Solid Waste Collection Regulation Bylaw No. 2819 requires that residents not place any solid waste out before 5 am the morning of pick-up. This requirement applies year-round.

If you store your empty garbage and recyclable cans outdoors, spraying the cans with a bleach/water or lysol/water solution after pick-up each week will keep odors - and bears - away from your empty cans.

Thank you for doing your part to keep our community and wildlife safe!!