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NW Florida Proposes Bear-Proof Garbage Cans
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1/4/2012
Florida wildlife officials have proposed a pilot project for bear-proof garbage cans in one Panhandle county.
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida wildlife officials have proposed a pilot project for bear-proof garbage cans in one Panhandle county.
If approved by Okaloosa County commissioners, the six-month program would be funded with a $30,000 grant from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
One of the agency's biologists, Adam Warwick, tells the Northwest Florida Daily News (http://bit.ly/saPGqX) that the grant could pay for 700 to 1,000 reinforced garbage cans in a neighborhood where many bear incidents are reported.
At the end of the six months, residents can opt to keep the cans for a monthly fee.
State and local officials are discussing which neighborhood will test the cans.
