{"id":901273,"date":"2026-09-19T04:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T04:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/901273\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T04:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T04:40:10","slug":"heading-to-fish-creek-this-weekend-black-bear-warning-issued-discoverairdrie-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/901273\/","title":{"rendered":"Heading to Fish Creek this weekend? Black bear warning issued &#8211; DiscoverAirdrie.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone planning a weekend visit to Fish Creek Provincial Park is being urged to stay alert after Alberta Parks issued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.albertaparks.ca\/parks\/kananaskis\/fish-creek-pp\/#adv-22039\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a black bear warning<\/a> Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The warning took effect Sept. 18 following several reports and sightings of a black bear during daylight and peak-use hours.<\/p>\n<p>Related Stories:<\/p>\n<p>It remains in effect until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>Several popular areas included<\/p>\n<p>The warning applies to Bebo Grove Day Use Area, Shannon Terrace Day Use Area and Votier\u2019s Flats Day Use Area, as well as Fish Creek Provincial Park more broadly.<\/p>\n<p>Alberta Parks lists the notice as a bear warning, not a closure.<\/p>\n<p>The agency cautioned that bears can be encountered at any time and advised visitors to make plenty of noise, travel in groups and remain aware of their surroundings.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors should watch and listen for bears and signs of bear activity.<\/p>\n<p>Pets should be kept on a leash.<\/p>\n<p>Alberta Parks also recommends carrying bear spray, keeping it easily accessible and knowing how to use it.<\/p>\n<p>Food, garbage, pet food and other scented items should be secured inside hard-sided vehicles or bear-proof lockers.<\/p>\n<p>Bear sightings and incidents can be reported to 403-591-7755.<\/p>\n<p>Bear activity also prompted Banff closures this week<\/p>\n<p>The Fish Creek warning follows a separate bear-related closure announced this week in Banff National Park.<\/p>\n<p>Parks Canada closed two trails and six backcountry campgrounds in the Lake Minnewanka area Sept. 16 after black bears displayed food-seeking behaviour there over several months.<\/p>\n<p>The closure includes the Lake Minnewanka Trail, Aylmer Pass Trail and campgrounds Lm8, Lm9, Lm11, Lm20, Lm22 and Lm31.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the Fish Creek warning, entry is prohibited in the affected Lake Minnewanka areas.<\/p>\n<p>Parks Canada said it has used closures and monitoring in the area to protect visitors and wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>The Lake Minnewanka closure also remains in effect until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>Have a news tip, story idea, photo or video? Send it to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverairdrie.com\/articles\/mailto:news@discoverairdrie.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">news@discoverairdrie.com<\/a>. You can also follow and message us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AIR1061\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and X at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AIR1061FM\" rel=\"nofollow\">@AIR1061FM<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anyone planning a weekend visit to Fish Creek Provincial Park is being urged to stay alert after Alberta&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":901274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,66,323],"class_list":["post-901273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=901273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/901274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=901273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=901273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=901273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}