(Billings) – Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is hosting a bear awareness education event in Billings on September 14th from 11:30 a.m. to 4 pm at the Region 5 office front lawn located at 2300 Lake Elmo Dr.
The event will include bear spray demonstrations with inert training spray and a fake charging bear, bear safety and biology information, tips on bear identification with full mounts of both species, tracks, and skulls Free bear spray will be provided to the first 25 adult participants who complete bear spray training. Bear spray training’s will be every hour beginning at 11:30 am, with the final training beginning at 3:30 pm.
For more information on bear awareness events in Montana, visit: fwp.mt.gov/bear-aware
