21.   Three Environmental Police with shotguns arrived at the scene first, followed later by two wildlife officers with the tranquilizer darts.

22.   Thomas, who has refused to talk with the media, was cited after wildlife officers put her cabin under surveillance from April into July.

23.   Tuesday wildlife officers destroyed a bear that originally was caught Saturday in Palisade and on Tuesday came into Silt and became a nuisance, Gumber said.

24.   When possible, wildlife officers try to make contacts with humans as unpleasant as possible, using noisemakers, loud shouts, even shooting them with non-lethal projectiles.

25.   When wildlife officers approached it, the bear showed aggression and was killed.

26.   While high-tech techniques increase for both hunters and wildlife officers, the number of game violations around the state is declining.

27.   Wildlife officers can send samples to a lab for testing.

28.   Wildlife officers were forced to kill a black bear because it had lost all fear of humans.

29.   Worried residents have been phoning in sightings to wildlife officers as the animals adapt to living around people.

30.   You can get expert advice from your U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regional office, your state wildlife officer and county Cooperative Extension agent.