Black Bear Released Into The Wild

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A black bear captured in Incline Village Sunday morning was released back into the wild Monday. The Nevada Department of Wildlife captured the three-to-four-year-old black bear, who was released at Tahoe Meadows, near the Mt. Rose Summit.  NDOW was trying to trap a bear that had caused damage to a building in an attempt to reach the area underneath the structure, according to wildlife biologist Carl Lackey. This is not the bear they were looking for. Lackey says NDOW had handled the bear once before, in the mountains east of the Tahoe Basin. Lackey also cautioned residents that bears are not ready to hibernate yet, but will be searching out places. He says people need to make sure they secure crawl spaces, to keep bears from getting underneath houses.