A bear captured Friday in Carson City was released back into the wild south of Gardnerville on Saturday and an 8-year-old female bear captured Saturday in Zephyr Cove was released Sunday, according to the Nevada Department of Wildlife.
NDOW and biologist Carl Lackey were assisted this weekend by personnel from the Montana-based Wind River Bear Institute of Florence, which also brought a bear dog, Soledad, with them. Soledad assisted Lackey's own dog, Rooster, with the releases.
The bear captured Friday in Carson City had been caught one time before, in Washoe Valley, about three weeks ago, said NDOW spokesman Chris Healy. The Zephyr Cove bear, which wasn't nursing and had never been caught before, was released further back in the mountains above where she was captured.