Find out about three outdoor risks that you may encounter in the spring and what to do if you encounter them. You will also learn how to reduce your risk and play safe in the outdoors.
If you would like more information about Spring Water Safety, the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority Spring Water Awareness Program has some helpful resources.
Find out more about bear safety:
- Be Bear Wise and prevent bear encounters (Ontario, Black Bears)
- Parks Canada Bears and People brochure (Western Canada, includes Grizzly Bears)
For more about ticks and Lyme Disease and other tickborne illnesses
- Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit
- Tick-borne diseases (Ontario Government)
- Lyme disease: Symptoms and treatment (Public Health Agency of Canada)