Through the app, volunteers and members of the committee can track which garbage cans are functioning correctly.

By Shannon Lukens. Courtesy photos.  A trap is set for a bear has been getting into homes in Old Town Steamboat Springs. Kris ...

A baby black bear who had been roaming around with a plastic lid over its neck for two years has finally been freed. The ...

A Michigan bear had a plastic lid stuck around its neck for two years, but now it had finally been freed of that burden.

In Montmorency County, biologists from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources were finally able to track down a young black bear who had carried a plastic lid around his neck ... advice on ...

About a dozen smarter-than-your-average bears have learned how to burglarize the bear-resistant garbage bins used by residents ... the brass carabiners that are supposed to secure the lids of garbage ...

About a dozen bears in the Tofino/Ucluelet area have learned how to break open bear-resistant garbage and ... that are supposed to secure the lids of garbage bins. (submitted by WildSafe B.C ...

Mike Wilson saw a black bear eating garbage from a Falcon Lake ... need for safety and accessibility. "Bear-proof bins have heavy, self-latching metal lids that are more difficult to operate ...

“One key policy that we’re exploring is the implementation of a statewide statute requiring these bear-resistant ... to store garbage cans indoors, unless the can is “equipped with some type of ...

This summer, a lack of natural food sources has forced many bears ... store garbage cans indoors, unless the can is “equipped with some type of latching mechanism that will hold the lid securely ...

Gatlinburg is not the only Smokies city making strides to secure its garbage ... its residents 95-gallon bear-resistant trash carts that automatically lock when the lid is closed.