Bear Smart Durango
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Onward! A Legacy FoundationSupport us in making our community safe for both people and bears. Consider giving monthly!
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Since 2003, Bear Smart Durango has focused on preventing human and bear conflict from happening in the first place with the goal of keeping people safe and allowing bears to thrive in their natural environments.
Our efforts are focused on educating the public on living in bear country, reducing the amount of human foods available to bears, striving to have meaningful policies in place, and providing resources, tools and practical solutions in preventing and resolving human-bear conflict.
THE NEED
La Plata County in 2025 led all Colorado counties in total bear reports, incidents of trash accessed by bears, chicken and domestic fruit tree incidents, and number of bears relocated and euthanized.
• 24% of bears euthanized statewide were euthanized here
• 42% of bear relocations across the state occurred here
HOW YOU CAN HELP
We believe our community can do better. First, demand better from your elected officials. Like us on Facebook. Follow us on Instagram. And watch our wonderful Summer Speaker Series - and share the recordings with your neighbors and friends!
Bear season lasts about eight months, but our work continues year-round. Monthly donations are an easy and powerful way to sustain causes you care about - like keeping people and bears safe in our community.