Never relax around black bears. Make sure your food is secured where they can't see or smell it at night. If you frequent an area with a high population of black bears, or are a food producer in locale where black bears are known to appear, you may want to invest in a firearm and the appropriate training.

Contact local officials offices and take their guidance to help practice safety within the grace of the law. Remember, the possibility of a black bear attack is not a viable defense for any violation you may commit!

Do not rely on advice such as standing still, drawing aggressive attention to yourself, or on gimmick products such as irritating spray cans or high volume sound devices. Many black bear related deaths are associated with hearsay advice that may have in fact contributed to the state of hyper aggression that we often see in footage of black bear attacks.

And while you practice black bear safety please consider writing to your senator to show them your concern for the mass migration of brown bear populations northward through southern regions. There is material you can quote directly from government ecological authorities on the disastrous implications of this event.

Brown bears don't suffer as bad of a reputation as black bears, but we should not let that distract from the threats brown bears do pose to our ecological systems as they exist today. Remember, it takes every one of us preserve nature!