A black bear finds a way to cross this barbed wire fence as it follows the Laramie River drainage out of mountains west of Wheatland. Wyoming Game and Fish wildlife biologist Keaton Weber said this time of year, bears are searching out the last available food sources in order to increase their fat stores before finding their dens for the winter, which can make them pretty food motivated. “We highly encourage anyone seeing bear activity near their home to keep all potential food sources secured away to prevent bears from getting into human food sources and subsequently becoming habituated using these human food sources. These human food sources include garbage, pet food, bird seed, etc.” he said.
For more information on bear safety, see the Wyoming Game and Fish website at https://wgfd.wyo.gov/wyoming-wildlife/large-carnivore/bear-wise-wyoming.