Mark your calendars! The 7th International Human-Bear Conflicts Workshop will take place October 5-9, 2025, in Kalispell, Montana, USA. This event, hosted by Polar Bears International and Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, will bring together researchers, wildlife managers, conservationists, and community leaders to discuss strategies for reducing human-bear conflicts. This year’s theme, “Changing the Narrative of Human-Bear Conflicts”, focuses on shifting perspectives, improving coexistence strategies, and implementing innovative solutions to mitigate conflicts between humans and bears.
Proposed Session Topics:
- Community-Based Human-Bear Conflict Mitigation
- Harnessing Social, Print, and Television Media
- Effective Human-Bear Conflict Education, Outreach & Messaging
- Indigenous Perspectives and Partnerships
- Understanding & Communicating Management Failures
- Human-Bear Conflict Mitigation Tools & Practices
- Standardizing Human-Bear Conflict Data Collection
- What else? Add Your Own! We encourage you to think beyond these topics.
Please email your abstract submission in a downloadable WORD document to both Rich Beausoleil [email protected] and Becca Carniello [email protected] no later than May 1, 2025.
Visit the IHBCW website for more information
For questions and additional information contact Carl Lackey