Why the Delay?
"The Department of the Interior wants ten more weeks to decide whether polar bears should be listed as threatened or endangered.
"In the court filing, Assistant Interior Secretary Lyle Laverty tied the delay to "the complexity of the legal and scientific issues," including the need to review about 670,000 public comments and government reports.
"But conservation groups condemned the move as being tied to the transfer of offshore petroleum leases in one of the animals' two U.S. habitats."
The Associated Press and National Geographic report on further delays in listing polar bears as "threatened". The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's initial deadline for the listing was January 9, 2008.
"In the court filing, Assistant Interior Secretary Lyle Laverty tied the delay to "the complexity of the legal and scientific issues," including the need to review about 670,000 public comments and government reports.
"But conservation groups condemned the move as being tied to the transfer of offshore petroleum leases in one of the animals' two U.S. habitats."
The Associated Press and National Geographic report on further delays in listing polar bears as "threatened". The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's initial deadline for the listing was January 9, 2008.
Labels: Alaska, bear, Department of Interior, endangered species, Polar bear, U.S. Fish and Wildlife service
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