Wildlife Resources
Download educational materials, reports, and access our video library to learn more about wildlife safety and coexistence.
Brochures
WildSafeBC has developed a wide range of brochures and written materials with guidance and input from the Province of British Columbia. These brochures are designed to help residents and visitors safely coexist with wildlife while enjoying the outdoors.
Brochures cover essential topics such as bear-safe camping, how to use bear spray and the WildSafeBC Community Program.
We also offer species-specific brochures that provide practical advice for living alongside wildlife. Learn interesting facts about black bears, grizzly bears, cougars, wolves, coyotes, deer, moose, raccoons, skunks, marmots, badgers, rats, bats, rattlesnakes and wild turkeys!
These resources are ideal for communities, educators and anyone interested in learning more about BC’s wildlife.
We recommend printing them off and bringing them on your next adventure!
Brochures are available in low-resolution PDF formats for convenient downloading. If you would like access to high-resolution printed brochures or other materials, please contact us at bc@wildsafebc.com.
WildsafeBC Program
Increased knowledge about wildlife and conflictmitigation strategies, allows people to make better informed decisions in BC wherever they live, work, play and grow.
'Bare' Camping
To prevent an unexpected encounter with a bear, cougar or wolf, take the following precautions
Bear Spray
Simply carrying bear spray is a good start. However, it cannot benefit someone until they learn how to safely use it and become comfortable with the process.
Black Bear
Black bears account for approximately 14,000 to 25,000 reports to the Conservation Officer Service every year. Garbage and residential fruit trees are the most reported attractants cited.
Grizzly Bear
Grizzly bears account for approximately 500 calls to the Conservation Officer Service reporting line every year. Livestock, garbage and fruit trees are the most reported attractants cited.
Cougar
Cougars account for approximately 2,500 calls to the Conservation Officer Service reporting line every year.
Wolf
Wolves account for approximately 400 calls to the Conservation Officer Service every year.
Coyote
Coyotes account for approximately 1,100 calls to the Conservation Officer Service every year.
Deer
Deer account for approximately 4,500 calls to the Conservation Officer Service reporting line every year. Many of these calls are reports of injured deer as they are often involved in wildlife-vehicle collisions.
Moose
Moose account for approximately 600 calls to the Conservation Officer Service reporting line every year.
Racoon
Raccoons are normally shy, nocturnal animals but can become habituated to humans and our pets.
Striped Skunk
Skunks are normally crepuscular animals (active at dawn and dusk) so the potential for human-skunk interaction is low.
Marmots
Marmots may cause damage by eating crops, damaging gardens and making burrows on golf courses, sports fields and in and around buildings.
Badgers
Human-badger conflicts are rare. Badgers typically only become aggressive when protecting themselves, their burrows or their young.
Rats
Rats are not native to BC and tend to thrive only in urban areas or areas where food is abundant and winters are mild.
BC Bats
The BC Community Bat Program responds to over 1,200 calls each year. Most are about finding a live or dead bat or reporting bat colonies in houses.
Rattlesnakes
Rattlesnakes account for approximately 40 calls to the Conservation Officer Service reporting line every year.
Wild Turkey
Most conflicts involve habituated turkeys who have become too comfortable with humans. Wild turkeys may cause damage to property, create loud noise, and display aggressive behaviour.
Guides
WildSafeBC has developed a series of guides on wildlife conflict reduction strategies as well as posters that are free to download.
Fruit Trees and Wildlife
A Guide to Reducing Human-Wildlife Conflict
Urban Chickens and Bees
A Guide to Reducing Human-Wildlife Conflict
Safer Deer Fencing
A Guide to Reducing Human-Wildlife Conflict
BC is Wildlife Country
A Guide to Reducing Human-Wildlife Conflict
Capital Regional District
District of North Vancouver
North Cascades
Port Hardy
Revelstoke
Stewart
Williams Lake
Video Vault
Our video vault holds every episode of our Weekly Wild Wednesday episodes, as well as videos picked up from trail cameras capturing a wide range of species in BC.
Community Applications
WildSafeBC Community Program Application 2026
WildSafeBC is the provincial leader in preventing conflict with wildlife through collaboration, education, and community solutions. It has evolved out of the highly successful Bear Aware program and is managed and delivered by the British Columbia Conservation Foundation (BCCF).
The WildSafeBC Community Program
WildSafeBC Community Programs are led by a part-time Community Coordinator that is hired, trained, and supervised by the BCCF. These seasonal contracts typically run from April/May to November annually and include a minimum of 400 contract hours. Community Coordinators are responsible for delivering the WildSafeBC Community Program by working closely with their community liaison(s) and local Conservation Officers. An annual report, summarizing the program's activities, is made available each year on our website.
Application Process
Communities apply in January and February of each year with a minimum contribution in community funds in order to have a Community Coordinator deliver the WildSafeBC Community Program. If primary funding is secured, the Community's contribution may also be augmented by a funding grant to deliver a minimum 400 hour program, if Ministry funding is approved for the program. With the necessary amount of funding confirmed, the application will be accepted and the hiring process will commence.
Please review the WildSafeBC Community Program Application Information for 2026 prior to applying.
If you prefer to complete the form in Word instead, please download it here and submit it via email to programs@wildsafebc.com by February 15th, 2026.
If you have any questions, please contact us at programs@wildsafebc.com.