Polar Bear Endangered Species Act Listing

ELR Citation: 40 ELR 20008
No(s). 08-764 (D.D.C. Nov 4, 2010)

A district court remanded the FWS' final rule listing the polar bear as a “threatened” species under the ESA. Shortly after FWS issued the rule, several groups filed suit, some arguing that the polar bear should have been listed as endangered, and others arguing that the bear does not qu...