Category: Management Resources

Changing the narrative on human–bear conflicts by standardizing bear management terms

Human–wildlife interactions and conflicts are increasing in many parts of the world. The ability of North American wildlife agencies to accurately record information about human–wildlife conflict and then share and compare those data is important for agency conservation efforts, inter-agency communications, and public messaging. Agency bear managers and researchers record human–bear conflict data and depend […]

Results of the 2022 Survey of American Black Bear Management in the United States and Canada

In 2023, the International Association for Bear Research and Management (IBA) Management Committee collected data from all 62 states, provinces, and territories in the U.S. and Canada on American black bears and their management. After an extensive quality assurance/quality control effort, the results were sent to all participating jurisdictions. The survey results were converted to […]

6th International Human-Bear Conflicts Workshop Proceedings

Agency responses to a 2015 Agency Black Bear survey conducted for the Western and Eastern Black Bear Workshops

Human-Black Bear Conflicts: A Review of Common Management Practices. Human-Wildlife Interactions Monograph Number 2

Responding to Human-Bear Conflict and Safe Capture and Handling of Black Bears: A Field Techniques Guide 2022

Responding to human-bear conflict and capture handling of black bears – A Field Techniques Guide for Agency Bear Biologists and Officers (v3.0)

25th Eastern Black Bear Workshop Proceedings

13th Western Black Bear Workshop Proceedings

12th Western Black Bear Workshop Proceedings