Black Bear

A family vacationing in Yellowstone National Park had an encounter with a black bear that seldom have experienced.

The bear apparently followed Garden Creek from Casper Mountain and found itself in off guard and in unfamiliar territory.

Early this morning reports from Casper residents started coming in to the Natrona County Sheriff's office and Wyoming Game and Fish reporting a black bear in the Casper city limits. The bear has now been been captured.

Area residents are being warned to watch out for an adult black bear that was seen in the fringe areas of south Cheyenne this morning.

Well, if you need something to wake you up early on a Wednesday, there's nothing like seeing a young black bear roaming around the neighborhood. The local Wyoming Game and Fish office in Casper got the call around 6:30 in the morning that a smallish black bear had been seen roaming around the east side of town...

With black bears and grizzly bears emerging from hibernation, officials with Wyoming Game and Fish are reminding residents to exercise caution in bear-populated areas of the state. Robin Kepple, an information officer with Wyoming Game and Fish, says residents should start thinking about properly storing things which could attract bears and securing potential food sources...

SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) — Employees of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department tranquilized a black bear after it turned up near a car dealership on the south side of Sheridan. Police blocked off the area Thursday morning. The Associated Press reports Game and Fish soon arrived and tranquilized the 170-pound male black bear...

Our friends over at the Wyoming Game and Fish Department just posted this picture of Game Warden Daniel Beach relocating a problem black bear that he captured near Casper.