This August 29, 2003, file photo shows one of two beluga whales that washed ashore on a beach south of Anchorage, Alaska. The Cook Inlet beluga whale population was listed as endangered in 2008, and a federal recovery plan released Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, calls for a reduction in threats of highest concern, including noise and cumulative factors that may be keeping the population from growing. (Photo by Al Grillo/AP Photo)
