Canmore paying residents to remove fruit trees to help reduce bear encounters

The Town of Canmore is once again offering to cover the costs for residents to remove fruit trees from their property in an effort to cut back on bear encounters. The town's fruit tree removal incentive program covers 100 per cent of removal costs on private property up to $500.   "It's part of the town's effort to support human-wildlife coexistence," said Caitlin Van Gaal, Canmore's supervisor of environment and sustainability. "We don't want to draw wildlife into town, and then