Overview

• Kananaskis Country is home to roughly 65 grizzly bears whose recent aggressive behavior has led to temporary closures of trails and golf course areas.
• Eight-foot electric fences and other barriers have been installed around summit lodges and dining sites to prevent wildlife access to food attractants.
• Thermal-imaging cameras and RCMP drones monitor wildlife movements, recording activity of grizzlies, black bears, cougars, moose and deer in real time.
• Specially trained K-9 teams patrol forest edges as part of a multilayered approach to deter large mammals from summit venues.
• Conservationists caution that heightened security operations may displace wildlife and disrupt natural habitat use in the Canadian Rockies.