Colorado Parks and Wildlife is warning residents that it has already received reports of bear activity in eight Colorado counties this year. Bears are emerging from their slumber and beginning their search for food.

Some of the early season bear reports have been from sightings in Boulder and Morrison, to bears a lready getting into trash in Steamboat Springs and Silver Plume. Reports also include a bear getting into a vehicle in Snowmass Village, bears with livestock in Delta, and a bear encount...