If you attend the upcoming annual North Idaho Bear Fair this fall, you'd be armed with the information you need to keep you, ...

The Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee officially stepped out of the bear spray market on Tuesday, taking a neutral stance regarding competing companies’ claims of which brand best repels a charging ...

Bear spray usually comes in 8- and 10-ounce canisters and generally costs $35 to $50, according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. The agency recommends the larger size, ...

As the director of the Be Bear Aware Campaign and a bear spray trainer, I have received numerous inquiries about whether or not bear spray will work on other wild animals. The answer is definitely ...

Managing grizzly bears is a difficult if not an impossible job for wildlife managers. On a national and statewide basis, there is broad public support for the continuing recovery of grizzly bears ...

Sep. 23—A group of visitors in Glacier National Park used bear spray to ward off a grizzly after it bit a Washington man last week as they hiked through foggy conditions along the popular ...

“Yes! You need bear spray!” Philippa Gunn wrote on the Continental Divide Trail Class of 2018 Facebook post. “I work as a ranger in the Rockies in Canada and teach people how to use it.

As reported by the Cowboy State Daily, individuals participating in the training are divided into groups, and each person is given a canister of fake bear spray.One group at a time, the ...

Dogs always wants to protect us, but this can be scary if you stumble across a bear. How should you react? Here are defensive and offensive measures alike.