Critical Habitat

Drilling Could Face New Restrictions As Feds Set Aside Polar Bear Protection Zone

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is setting aside 187,000 square miles in Alaska as a "critical habitat" for polar bears, an action that co...

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In An Important Step, U.S. Designates Polar Bear Critical Habitat

Andrew Wetzler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil, Drilling, Polarbear, Polarbears, Biogems, Arctic, Environmental Protection Agency, Fish and Wildlife Service, Epa, Environmentalism, Endangered Species Act, Critical Habitat, Green News
Andrew Wetzler

If approved, the proposal would be the largest designation of critical habitat in the history of the Endangered Species Act.

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