(December 2, 2016, 7:36 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The state of Alaska and several Native American corporations on Nov. 4 asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) properly designated about 187,000 square miles in northern Alaska as critical habitat for the polar bear, even though the agency admitted that there will be little conservation benefits for the bears and the designation threatens Alaskan Native communities that are already struggling (State of Alaska, et al. v. Sally Jewell, No. 16-596, U.S. Sup.; 2016 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 4016)....