They are a yearlong resident of the Carson range, probably having migrated from the Sierra Nevada. There are no other records of black bears in the Nevada.
Bears prefer dense, mature stands of many different forested habitats.
They utilize many different habitats for foraging, reproduction and breeding. Brushy stands of forest, foothill riparian, wet meadows, riparian deciduous are all habitats utilized by black bears. They forage on the ground, in shrubs, and trees. They dig, climb and fish for food. In winter, they den in large trees, snags, stumps, logs, talus slopes or in the earth.