Wildlife Awareness

Credential
Workers receive a Wildlife Awareness credential with a 3 year expiry.

Course Description
Wildlife Awareness is a four hour  instructor led course which focuses on respecting wildlife, reducing encounters that could lead to its destruction, and dealing with an encounter to protect yourself or those around you should the need arise. There are practical exercises, class discussion, videos and a written knowledge test.  


Learning Objectives
    The importance of the wilderness to Canadians and Canada
     The hierarchy of controls to prevent or deal with wildlife encounters
     Information about bear ecology and behaviour 
     How to identify bears, their signs, and prevent encounters
     The difference between defensive, non-defensive, and predatory encounters
     How to use bear spray safely
     Information on Cougars, wolves, coyotes, foxes, and moose; and how to deal with possible encounters

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