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Study: Polar bears decline 40 percent in a decade

This undated file photo shows a polar bear in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. (Associated Press)
This undated file photo shows a polar bear in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. (Associated Press)

ENDANGERED SPECIES -- The heat is on this indicator species. Who's next?

Study finds 40% decline in polar bear numbers in E. Alaska, W. Canada
A study done by researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey and Environment Canada, as well as other groups, followed polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea from 2001 to 2010, and found that numbers declined 40 percent during that decade.
--Los Angeles Times

Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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