Five counties in Central Florida will receive funding from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to reduce the number of bears spending time in neighborhoods by participating in cost-sharing with local governments to provide more residents with bear-resistant equipment, the agency announced Tuesday.

A total of 12 counties will share the $825,000, five of which are in Central Florida. 

Unsecured trash is the No. 1 reason that bears enter neighborhoods and come into conflict with people, FWC said. The funding proposals were scored by FWC staff, including bear biologists, and were awarded based on several criteria, including the likelihood the project would reduce human-bear interactions.

The breakdown for the Central Florida-based counties is as follows:

Lake County — $30,000: The county will receive $30,000 to modify regular trash cans to make them bear-resistant for residents and reinforced dumpster lids for businesses in the western portion of the county.

Marion County — $22,000: The county will receive $22,000 to provide bear resistant trash cans to resents at a discounted cost in areas experiencing human-bear conflicts.

Orange County — $150,000: The county will receive $150,000 to provide bear resistant trash cans to residents at a discounted cost in the northwestern portion of the county, which has an ordinance that requires trash be kept secure.

Seminole County — $159,000: The county will receive $150,000 to provide bear-resistant trash cans to residents at a discounted cost in the western portion of the county, which has an ordinance that requires trash be kept secure. Springs Landing Homeowners’ Association, which is in the western portion of the county, will be awarded $9,000 to provide bear-resistant trash cans to residents at a discounted cost.

Volusia County — $80,000: The county will receive $40,000 to provide bear-resistant trash cans to residents at a discounted cost, and the cities of Daytona Beach and DeBary will receive $20,000 each to provide the same for their residents.

"The recent scientific work to accurately estimate Florida's adult bear population has confirmed that the recovery of the Florida black bear is a true conservation success story," FWC Chairman Brian Yablonski said in a statement. "A large bear population in Florida means that the FWC must continue our mission to balance the needs of our bears and Florida residents. Today’s funding announcement is innovative conservation work in action and serves as an important step forward for Florida communities that are working to address this serious problem. By continuing to strengthen our partnerships with local governments and neighborhoods, we are helping give Floridians the tools needed to reduce interactions with bears."

During the 2016 legislative session, the Florida Legislature and Gov. Rick Scott provided $500,000 to cost-share with local governments in areas with high levels of human-bear conflicts. The majority of this funding, about $375,000, came from permit sales for the 2015 bear hunt, and an additional $125,000 came from the State Game Trust Fund. At least 60 percent of the state-appropriated funding is required to go to local governments that implemented ordinances requiring trash be kept secure from bears.

Go here for a breakdown of the other Florida counties that will receiving bear conflict funding.