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The town site of Banff, Alberta, Canada, exists within Banff National Park. This creates a unique environment where residents, tourists & wildlife coexist. The role of the Banff National Park Conservation Officers is crucial to balancing this existence.
One summer day, after swimming at the Sally Borden Fitness and Recreation Centre in Banff, the plan was to:
There were 3 of us. We were coming down a steep hill, heading to Banff Avenue. I was in the lead. I spotted a young black bear bounding through the trees on my right. At our current speeds & trajectories, the bear & I were destined to collide as soon as the bear stepped out onto the pavement. We locked eyes. I slammed on my brakes, causing the other 2 cyclists behind me to do the same. The three of us stopped just as the bear exited the trees, ran across the road directly in front of us & went sprinting through the forest on the other side. When I lost sight of it, I looked back from where the bear had come. A Banff National Park Conservation Officer was making his way through the trees. He had witnessed the entire scene as it unfolded. The officer stopped & spoke with us. He had been tracking the juvenile bear and was moving it out of the Banff town site. The road on which we were traveling was at the edge of the town site. That gave the officer a chance to stop & chat. He was giving the bear a bit of distance. That way, the bear's fear of him could be assuaged, making the situation safer for the bear & for humans. The Conservation Officer spent a few minutes explaining the techniques that are used in Banff National Park to move the bears that have strayed into human territory, back into the wild. He, effectively, calmed our fears while teaching us about animal conservation. When we parted, he continued tracking the young bear to ensure that it had left the town site. We cycled down to Banff Avenue. The fear that I saw in the bear's eyes that day was the same fear that I had felt. It is also the fear that my students have when I present them with new material, especially when they do not believe that they are capable of learning it. I use a number of techniques to assuage that fear so that they can feel safe and begin to learn. I become the Banff National Park Conservation Officer, using my skills & knowledge to keep all those involved safe, especially those young juvenile bears that are in my charge.
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