Polar Bear Habitat Proposed for Alaska
Published: October 22, 2009
Summary:The Interior Department Thursday proposed designating more than 200,000 square miles of land, sea and ice along the northern coast of Alaska as critical habitat for the shrinking polar bear population.The area, the largest single designation of protected habitat for any species, encompasses the entire range of the two polar bear populations that exist on American land and territorial waters. Government scientists estimate that there are roughly 3,500 bears in the two groups, known the Chukchi Sea and the Southern Beaufort Sea populations.
Response: This is very good news for the polar bears and everyone who loves polar bears. The numbers are shrinking drastically and it is nice that we are saving the polar bear population.
Summary:The Interior Department Thursday proposed designating more than 200,000 square miles of land, sea and ice along the northern coast of Alaska as critical habitat for the shrinking polar bear population.The area, the largest single designation of protected habitat for any species, encompasses the entire range of the two polar bear populations that exist on American land and territorial waters. Government scientists estimate that there are roughly 3,500 bears in the two groups, known the Chukchi Sea and the Southern Beaufort Sea populations.
Response: This is very good news for the polar bears and everyone who loves polar bears. The numbers are shrinking drastically and it is nice that we are saving the polar bear population.
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