Two black bears trapped on July 22 have been released back in to the wild by Nevada Department of Wildlife. One was caught in Incline Village and the other Gardnerville.

Both bears were tagged, tattooed and microchipped in order to identify them in the future should they come back in to contact with humans.

A male black bear estimated to be 2 to 3 years of age was caught in Incline in an area where nuisance bear behavior had been occurring.It was taken about 50 miles east of Gardnerville.

The 4-year old male bear that was caught in a rural area of south Gardnerville was released into the Pine Nut Mountain Range.

Since July 1, NDOW has handled 15 bears in western Nevada. Eleven of those bears have been safely released back in to the wild. Two of the bears were hit and killed by cars, one was euthanized for public safety reasons and one was euthanized for depredating upon livestock.