The Sheridan Region encompasses the area from the top of the Bighorn Mountains east to the Black Hills and from the Montana border south to the Tea Pot Dome oilfield.
A sub-adult male black bear was captured and relocated from Gillette on the morning of Aug. 18, 2026. At approximately 5 a.m., Wyoming Game and Fish Department game wardens responded to a report of a small bear near Buffalo Ridge Elementary at the southern edge of Gillette. The bear was found a short time later and…