That's a great idea @MandyEyrich ! Similar to your idea, I wrote up an article with geospatial highlights from ICTC 2026: https://wildlabs.net/en/article/wildlabs-geospatial-group-ictc-2026. 

Is the Human-Wildlife Coexistence article available yet? Would love to read it and share it with colleagues at Fauna & Flora.

Hi Matt,

I would definitely be interested in joining this group.

One thing I often find is that we spend a lot of time discussing technologies and ecological outcomes, but much less time discussing the social and institutional processes that ultimately shape whether those technologies succeed or fail.

I think a Human Dimensions group could be a great space to connect people working on governance, policy, stakeholder engagement, values, and other topics that are often spread across different communities.

Looking forward to seeing how this develops!

yes, this group is definitely needed!

I would be interested

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Best wishes

Susan

I just saw this Mare. I hate to be negative but sometimes bad ideas are contrary to conservation and need to be put to rest. Myself and my company are one of the leaders in human-bear conflict (including being a founding member of the Human-Bear Conflict Workshop) and you can check any North American bear practicioner to confirm this.

This is a bad idea and it won't work. You need to do a more thorough reivew of the conflict literature before investigating the specifics of sound. Your method is that of a deterrent - deterrents only work when attractants are managed. Further, the specific deterrent effect you are proposing is much too mild. We occasionally can get temporary impacts from heavy duty pain stimulus like rubber bullets. Audio deterrent are a mild effect and only work in specific contexts for very short durations.

The only place in the world a comprehensive aversive conditioning program has worked entirely is Kananaskis Country in Canada - and that is because ALL non-natural bear attractants have been completely removed. 

Within the context of Carpathian conflict, it is driven entirely by garbage access and roadside feeding, with backyard attractants only mattering for conservation when the first two have been dealt with. Obviously, this idea would only work on a fixed attractants - ie garbage dumps. I've seen female sows with cubs brave 20 adult male bears on garbage dumps (all of which will happily kill the cubs) to get a chance at feeding on garbage. A garbage feed bear can get more food in minutes than it could harvest on wild sources and they will brave death to do it. No deterrent can work without attractant management.