ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON BEAR AWARENESS
AMENDED AGENDA

Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 9:00 A.m. - 10:30 A.m.

2nd Floor Conference Room at City Hall

1100 Patricia Boulevard, Prince George, BC

We respectfully acknowledge the unceded ancestral lands of the Lheidli T’enneh,
on whose land we live, work, and play.

A.
COMMENCEMENT

RECOMMENDATION:
That the agenda for the July 24, 2024 Advisory Committee on Bear Awareness meeting, BE ADOPTED.

RECOMMENDATION:
That the minutes of the Advisory Committee on Bear Awareness meeting held July 3, 2024 be adopted as read on this day and that such minutes as read set out all the business before the committee at that meeting and fully and properly record all of the resolutions passed by the committee at that meeting.

Documents for consideration include:

Submission from Staff Liaison
1. Bear Smart Inter-Agency Meeting Minutes from February 7, 2019;
2. DRAFT Bear Smart Program Application from the City of Prince George - June 2020;
3. Bear Smart Inter-Agency Feedback on the Draft Application; and
4. Bear Smart Update (City of Prince George) - September 2020.
Submission from Northern Bear Awareness Society
1. Bear Smart Community Program - Province of British Columbia;
2. Bear Smart - Northern Bear Awareness Society;
3. Bear Hazard Assessment for Prince George;
4. Human-Bear Conflict Prevention Management Plan for Prince George; and
5. Bear Occurrence Reports and Mortalities for Prince George.

Documents for consideration include:

Correspondence dated May 21, 2024 from Christopher Grilz: Improved Bear Proof Containers
Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee: Bear-Resistant Products
Correspondence dated July 15, 2024, from Lisa Cran: Anchorage's solid waste department