When and why do bears make the news? Objective Students will search local library records in recent years and/or keep a running log of news articles this year and analyze when and why bears make the news. Background If students completed the lesson plan, It's Not Easy Being Grizz, then they have experienced the reasons grizzlies must sometimes risk a raid on human-associated food. This is a study about newspaper accounts of human–bear conflicts, from microfiche or computer archives. There are numerous websites for more information about bear behavior and avoiding conflicts with bears: visit Gl Duration: 90 Minutes.