ELR Citation: 43 ELR 20013
No(s). 3:11-cv-0025-RRB et al (D. Alaska Jan 11, 2013) (Beistline, J.)

A district court vacated FWS' final rule designating approximately 187,157 square miles in Alaska and adjacent territorial and U.S. waters as critical habitat for the polar bear, ruling that the designation "went too far and was too extensive." Although the final rule is valid in many respects, the ...