In collaboration with the Boulder Bear Coalition, the Colorado Bear Coalition is installing trash enclosures on The Hill, a notoriously high human-bear conflict area in Boulder. Learn about their groundbreaking efforts to reduce the #1 reason that bears are in town -unsecured trash. Read the project plan below.
Watch this recent CBS report highlighting our project to install trash enclosures on The Hill.
Learn more about Boulder Bear Coalition and how we got started on reducing human-bear conflict.
Boulder Bear Coalition, a video summary
Early Boulder Bear Coalition field work documenting the scale of the bear–trash problem on University Hill, Fall 2011.
Boulder, Colorado, is pioneering ways of coexisting with the city’s wild neighbors
KDNK Interview: Coloradans Face Rising Bear Activity June, 2018
KGNU Interview: Bear Killing and Community Meeting Story; September 21, 2017
KGNU Interview: BBC and Community Fruit Rescue; September 01, 2016
KGNU Interview; Bear Forum; April 08, 2016
Fox News: Coalition believes we’ll see more bears in Boulder this fall; September 21, 2018
Boulder group goes on trash patrol to protect bears; Fox31, September 30, 2015