Council seeks Game and Fish conflict data after bears entered homes; education emphasized over immediate ordinance

Mayor Ruzena Rok provided a factual account of recent bear activity near town: a yearling black bear was trapped and relocated after getting into fruit trees, and a sow black bear with three cubs got into garbage and attempted to enter two homes — one in unincorporated county and one on Spruce Drive within town limits. Attempts to dart and relocate the sow were unsuccessful and Wyoming Game and Fish euthanized the sow and cubs because there was no Wyoming facility available to accept orphaned cubs. The game warden attributed elevated bear activity across the region to a near‑total failure of the wild berry crop this year due to drought.