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Article: Polar bear listed as a threatened species.(RULEMAKING ACTIONS)
- Article from:
- Endangered Species Bulletin
- Article date:
- June 22, 2008
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Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced on May 14, 2008, that he accepted the recommendation of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The listing, as published in the May 15 Federal Register, is based on the best available science, which shows that loss of sea ice threatens, and will likely continue to threaten, polar bear habitat. This loss of habitat puts polar bears at risk of becoming endangered in the foreseeable future, the standard established by the Act for designating a threatened species.
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