The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, along with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, are seeking the public's help in solving a grizzly bear mortality. According to a service release, the animal was found dead along Deep Lake Trail in Park County on May 30, with an apparent fatal gunshot wound.

The service is offering a monetary reward for information that leads to the arrest, and or, charges being filed against a responsible party. Payment of rewards is the discretion of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and is linked to specific federal wildlife laws. The amount of any reward paid is commensurate with the information or assistance received.

"Many of our law enforcement investigations are solved because people who see unlawful activities reach out to us or their local game warden," the service said. "In tandem to this community effort, we established the use of financial rewards to people who provide critical information. This program allows us to thank everyday people who help us investigate and stop these crimes, all while protecting their anonymity in the process."

Grizzly shootings, whether in self defense or otherwise, occur just about every year in Wyoming. Last October a hunter shot and killed a charging grizzly bear outside of Meeteetse.

Those with any information regarding the death of this bear, or any other wildlife crimes, can call the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Cody, Wyoming at 307-527-7604, or Wyoming Game and Fish Department Cody Regional Office at 307-527-7125. The service will apply applicable legal protections to anyone providing information used during the investigation.