Feed Editor 22 Oct 2009 15:06:59 GMT Latest news from the U.S. Fish and Wildlfe Service on the statues of polar bears. http://www.fws.gov/home/feature/2008/polarbear012308/polarbearspromo.html malcomb_barsella@fws.gov (Malcomb Barsella) fish and wildlife service, endangered, endangered species, polar bears en malcomb_barsella@fws.gov (Malcomb Barsella) Sunday 0 http://www.fws.gov/graphics/logo2005.gif http://www.fws.gov Offical U.S. Fish and Wildlife Logo <p>The Service announced a proposal to designate 200,541 square miles as critical habitat for the polar, and will open a 60-day comment period on the measure. The critical habitat proposal identifies habitat in three separate areas: barrier island habitat, sea ice habitat and terrestrial denning habitat.</p><p><a href="http://www.fws.gov/home/feature/2009/pdf/PBCritHabPropNRFINAL.pdf">News Release</a><br /><a href="http://www.fws.gov/home/feature/2009/pdf/PBPropCHQsAsFINAL.pdf">Q and A's</a><br /><a href="http://www.fws.gov/home/feature/2009/pdf/PolarBearPropRuleCH.pdf">Draft rule sent to Federal Register for publication</a><br /><a href="http://alaska.fws.gov/fisheries/mmm/polarbear/issues.htm">Maps of the proposed critical habitat area</a></p> 22 Oct 2009 15:05:31 GMT http://www.fws.gov/home/feature/2008/polarbear012308/polarbearspromo.html 53462BF3-A6B9-4D6F-9362-280C3A58F6FD Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that he will retain a special rule issued in December for protecting the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act, but will closely monitor the implementation of the rule to determine if additional measures are necessary to conserve and recover the polar bear and its habitat. 8 May 2009 18:06:47 GMT http://www.fws.gov/news/NewsReleases/showNews.cfm?newsId=20FB90B6-A188-DB01-04788E0892D91701 8C948F79-4BDE-4A6D-9BB5-7B1CF36C7E8E