Wallace residents need to be bear aware  Published On: Nov 16
2012 05:07:36 PM PST   Updated On: Nov 16 2012 05:39:13 PM PST
Wallace bear aware WALLACE, Idaho -  People in Wallace need to
be bear aware as a black bear and her two cubs have been spotted
looking for food in the area.  Chloe Buchanan looked out her
window earlier this week to find a police officer in her
backyard.  "She was shining a light back there and thought
someone was in our yard," Buchanan said.  It wasn't someone. It
was something. A mama bear and her two cubs rummaged through
their garbage cans, left a trail of garbage heading up the hill
and apparently settled in near a pine tree just 20 feet from
Buchanan's house.  "I saw their eyes being reflected off that
light," Buchanan said.  It's not the only place bears were
spotted; another person down the street saw a black bear sitting
by a tree in-between two houses. It's not unusual to see bears
in the Silver Valley; they rely on berries for food, but this
year there was an early huckleber