A female grizzly bear stands on a rock in Yoho National Park in this undated photo. The bear was hit and killed on the Trans-Canada Highway on June 7, 2022. A second male bear was hit and killed in the same area four days later. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Sonia Nicholl/Parks Canada

By The Canadian Press

Wildlife

Parks Canada steps up enforcement after three grizzly bear deaths in three weeks

Jun 21, 2022 | 5:49 PM

LAKE LOUISE, AB – Parks Canada is asking motorists to slow down and watch for wildlife after three grizzly bears were struck and killed in Jasper and Yoho national parks earlier this month.

The agency says two bears a female and a male died on the Trans-Canada Highway through Yoho National Park on June 7 and June 11.

A third grizzly bear was hit by a transport truck on Highway 16 last week in Jasper National Park. David Laskin, a wildlife ecologist for Parks Canada in Lake Louise, says a deep snowpack high in the mountains has kept bears along the roads where there’s a lot of green grass and dandelions to eat.

The speed limit has been reduced to 50 km/h in a six-kilometre stretch of Highway 1 west of Lake Louise, Alta., and east of Field, B.C.

Parks Canada steps up enforcement after three grizzly bear deaths in three weeks

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