Polar Bear
Polar Bear Policy
WWF works to mitigate threats to polar bears. Past policy work includes:
- March 17, 2009: The Polar Bear Range State Meeting in Tromso, Norway
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- December 11, 2008: Bush Administration announces two substantial rule changes to the Endangered Species Act, undermining effectiveness for protection. The rules expedite oil and gas exploration in the habitat of the polar bear, and eliminates a key environmental review process that ensures federal development projects do not cause additional harm to species that are at risk of extinction.
- October 14, 2008: WWF Comments to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service on amendments to Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act
- July 14, 2008: WWF Comments to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the Polar Bear 4(d) Ruling of the Endangered Species Act
- May 14, 2008: Remarks By Secretary Kempthorne
- May 14, 2008: Department of Interior's final rule
- February 4, 2008: Letter from U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer requesting immediate listing of the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act
- January 30, 2008: Polar Bears Need Urgent Protection, Conservation Groups Testify
- January 30, 2008: "Examining Threats and Protections for the Polar Bear," by Margaret Williams
- January 19, 2008: WWF continues to push for a decision to protect polar bears under the Endangered Species Act
- January 7, 2008: WWF Disappointed by U.S. Delay in Listing Polar Bears
- October 22, 2007: Letter to Rosa Meehan, Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the recently published U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reports which present a comprehensive analysis of the world's polar bear population status and threats.
- September 11, 2007: Time Running Out for Polar Bears
- April 10, 2006: Letter to Scott Schliebe, Polar Bear Project Leader, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the recent determination by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that formal listing and protection of the polar bear under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) may be warranted.
Asigyukpak spit with Commercial Herring fishing boats in Hagemeister Strait, Bristol Bay, Bering sea. Togiak National Wildlife Refuge.
© Scott Dickerson/WWF-US
- June 21, 2008: Letter to U.S. Senate urging continuation of ban on offshore drilling
- May 1, 2008: North Aleutian Basin, Proposed Oil and Gas Lease Sale 214, Call for Information and Nominations and Notice of Intent to prepare Environmental Impact Statement
- April 25, 2007: Letter to Representative Inslee on Bristol Bay Protection Act (HR 1957)
- November 22, 2006: Letter to the Minerals Management Service Opposing Proposed 5-Year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program
- August 21, 2008: Multiple Polar Bears Discovered Swimming Many Miles From Alaska Coast
- February 6, 2008: Native and Conservation Groups Voice Opposition to Lease Sale 193 in the Chukchi Sea
- January 3, 2008: Conservation Organizations Decry Controversial Chukchi Lease Sale, Raising Concerns About Survival of Polar Bears
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