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Polar Bear Timeline

By kelseyrivkin

  • Bear Island

    The Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears was concluded in Oslo, Norway.

  • The Polar Bear Protection Act

    This act was passed to protect polar bear's from any harm thrreatining them.

  • Center for Biological Diversity

    Filed a petition asking that the polar bear be listed under the Endangered Species Act

  • The FWS is sued

    In San Francisco court by CBD for a decision on dealing with the bear’s listing.

  • Center for Biological Diversity

    An agreement was reached and filed in Federal district court.

  • The FWS

    ssues its decision that the polar bear is warranted a listing as an endangered species.

  • Sarah Palin, Alaska Department of Fish and Game Special Assistant Tina Cunning

    Write a letter to nterior Secretary Kempthorne requesting removal of the polar bear from ESA listing process.

  • House Subcommittee for Technology and Innovation

    A meeting was held addressing the polar bear and Arctic ice pack status.

  • U.S. Department of the Interior

    Listed the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act

  • The US Department of the Interior

    Reclassified the polar bear as a Threatened Species under the Endangered Species Act.

  • State of Alaska

    Sued U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, seeking to reverse the listing of the polar bear as a threatened species,