Lawmakers Moderate Polar Bear Listing Opposition Efforts
By
Dan Joling
Anchorage Daily News
February 28, 2010
lawmakers seeking a pr campaign to oppose polar bear listing by epa have pulled back their goals.
The future of the polar bear is in question with climate change and other challenges looming.
The federal listing of polar bears as a threatened species so outraged Alaska lawmakers, they considered spending more than a million dollars for a public relations effort to reverse the decision.
A request for proposals from public relations firms now has more modest goals: a conference assessing what the Endangered Species Act will cost Alaska, and whether a public relations campaign would be useful.
