Photo by Jim Laybourn, Star-Tribune correspondent A grizzly bear's impressive claws shine in the sun in this file photo from Yellowstone Park in the fall of 2005.
Photo by Jim Laybourn, Star-Tribune correspondent Grizzly cubs follow their mother closely as she walks along a hillside in Grand Teton National Park. Bears are becoming active this time of year, so be alert while in bear country and carry pepper spray.
A young grizzly bear appears to read a sign in Yellowstone National Park. Living safely among black bears is the main focus of two seminars in the Casper area this spring. (Photo by Mark Gocke, Star-Tribune correspondent)
Food odors attract a young black bear to a picnic table in Grand Teton National Park. Park officials are stepping up enforcement of rules requiring visitors to store food out of bears' reach to avoid conflicts.
Photo by Jim Laybourn, Star-Tribune correspondent
In this photo provided by the National Wildland Fire Prevention Team, a wildfire burns on Casper Mountain, Wyoming, Monday, Aug. 14, 2006. Continued hot, dry weather threatened to cause even more problems Tuesday as firefighters struggled to contain a wildfire bearing down on hundreds of evacuated homes on Casper Mountain. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the National Wildland Fire Prevention Team, John Bear)
Contestants make practice runs on the course shortly after competition on Saturday at the BMX track at Mike Sedar Park in Casper. Photo by Dan Cepeda, Star-Tribune.
Wyoming's Megan McGuffey plays tough defense on Northern Colorado's Chelsie Luhring in their game on Monday in Laramie. Photo by Andy Carpenean, Laramie Boomerang via AP.
Bears relax and fish along the McNeil River, July 25, 2004, in the McNeil River State Game Sanctuary about 250 air miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. Only a handful of people are allowed each summer to get up close and personal with the McNeil River bears, but the largest concentration of grizzlies in the world is gaining an international audience thanks to a remote camera trained on their every move. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)
Jim Laybourn, Star-Tribune correspondent A grizzly bear digs in a high meadow in eastern Yellowstone National Park on a cool fall afternoon while park visitors quietly watch from the roadside. Bears are actively searching for food in preparation for hibernation.
A grizzly bear peers up at a nearby raven momentarily while strolling through the grass in Yellowstone National Park recently.
Wyoming's Megan McGuffey strips the ball away from Northern Colorado's Chelsie Luhring during the first half of their game on Monday at the Arena-Auditorium in Laramie. McGuffey was one of 10 players to come off the bench for UW head coach Joe Legerski. He used every one of his players and got 80 minutes — 40 percent of the entire game — from his reserves. The Cowgirls are back in action tonight against Westminster (Utah) College. Photo by Michael Smith, Wyoming Tribune Eagle via AP.
A young black bear crosses the North Platte River near the north Casper soccer fields on Monday. Wyoming Game and Fish and the Casper Police Department were unable to catch it. They set a trap for the bear overnight. Photo by Ryan Soderlin, Star-Tribune.
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