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The province's Department of Natural Resources makes the following recommendations:

* Reduce garbage odours by rinsing food cans and wrappers before disposal

* Keep meat scraps in your freezer until garbage pickup day

* Wash garbage cans regularly and use lime or baking soda to cut odours

* Keep garbage cans in a bear-proof container or in a closed garage until morning of pickup

* Remove bird feeders, especially those with suet, by early April. If you feed birds during summer, remove feeders at night

* Keep barbecue grills and picnic tables clean

* use energized electric fencing to keep bears out of beehives, gardens, fruit trees and berry patches

* If a bear comes in your yard, do not panic. Do not approach the bear or shoot it. Do not allow any pet dogs to go outside