People are being warned to secure their organic waste after seeing multiple bears in Coquitlam and PoCo looking for food.
With winter approaching, there is almost no natural food left for the bears to eat but human food can provide a buffet of calories necessary for hibernation.
"It's too warm for bears to hibernate so they are out there looking for food right now."
Warburton, who often comments to the media about bear concerns, said he's worried that bears will find themselves in trouble if they stray into neighbourhoods and feed on trash.
He freezes all his organic waste and deposits it into the green cart on garbage pick-up day so it doesn't attract bears. "I haven't had bears attack my bins for years now," Warburton said.
On Monday, he visited Minnekhada Regional Park in Coquitlam and spotted a family of bears stripping a mountain ash tree of berries as they seek to fill up on natural food in time for hibernation.
