Critical habitat in Alaska is proposed for polar bears
Friday, October 23, 2009 - 02:28
in Earth & Climate
It would be the largest habitat zone in the U.S., but an Interior Department official says it wouldn't slow oil and gas development, nor address the melting sea ice that threatens the bears. In what would be the largest habitat zone ever established in the U.S. to protect a species from extinction, the federal government on Thursday proposed designating 200,541 square miles on...
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