A massive effort is underway in the Bow Valley, west of Calgary, to protect the area from a similarly disastrous that hit the town of Jasper, Alberta in the summer of 2024.

"This research highlights the critical need to manage human use in a way that allows people to share the landscape." Scientists discover alarming link between hiker behavior and carnivorous predators: ...

and Colleen Cassady St. Clair of the U of A's biological sciences department learned this using more than 1,600 cameras throughout the Bow River Valley and nearby areas in the mountain parks.

Thirty trails meander through Bow Valley and the mountains around Banff ... She explains, “The paved path provides stunning views of the Bow River and surrounding mountains.