New plan issued to help polar bears survive in Alaska

A new plan to improve polar bear survival was released Monday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Anchorage.
Their research shows the biggest risk for polar bears continues to be Arctic warming and loss of sea ice habitat, but the bears face other risks as well, which Fish and Wildlife officials believe would contribute to their population decline if not addressed.
Scientists, native communities, oil companies and the U.S. government worked together to form this plan.
“When we started