READ MORE: Itchy bears, rogue balloons and a nosy neighbour: B.C’s most memorable power outages of 2019 In the spring, the Maple Ridge bylaws and licensing services department will work with BC Conservation officers to ensure the community is complying with the rules, according to Michelle Orsetti, manager of bylaw services. “It can even be having your garbage cans outside your house in an unsecured bin … bird feeders, unpicked fruit, anything that would bring wildlife on to your property is considered an attractant and is subject to a fine.” “An attractant can be having your recycling, garbage and organics out on the curb before 5 a.m. The changes would mean adopting a bylaw enforcement notice and increasing the fine for leaving out an attractant to $500 from $200.

The city is reviewing its bylaws and looking to implement changes by March 1 with the hope that people in the community will better secure attractants on their property, Mikolay said. “So then bears were starting to get into artificial food sources – attractants – and that’s caused a lot of the conflict.” “ came out earlier than normal, and then there wasn’t the proper food sources because of the cold February,” Mikolay said. READ MORE: Conservation searching for shot bear in Maple Ridge 13, when a bear was shot and wounded, but hasn’t been found. The most recent incident happened on Dec. In 2019, there were about 14 bears destroyed, he said.

But a lot of it also has to do with weather,” explained Daniel Mikolay. It’s like three years of what we would normally have, and some of that is the attractants. The number of bears destroyed in Maple Ridge this year was triple the average number in a year, according to the city’s WildsafeBC coordinator. Leaving unsecured attractants on your property could cost you more in the new year should the City of Maple Ridge move forward with bylaw changes after a deadly year for bears. Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows Tourism Guide.

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