A woman that can lead!
Obligatory Photo for rules...
Posted on 08/05/2008 9:19:32 PM PDT by Issaquahking
August 4, 2008, Fairbanks, Alaska – Governor Sarah Palin announced today the State of Alaska has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking to overturn U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne’s decision to list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
This action follows written notice given more than 60 days ago to Secretary Dirk Kempthorne of the Department of the Interior and Director Dale Hall of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service asking that the regulation listing the polar bear as threatened be withdrawn.
“We believe that the Service’s decision to list the polar bear was not based on the best scientific and commercial data available,” Governor Palin said.
The Service’s analysis failed to adequately consider the polar bears’ survival through prior warming periods, and its findings that the polar bear is threatened by sea-ice habitat loss and inadequate regulatory mechanisms to address sea-ice recession are not warranted. The Service also failed to adequately consider the existing regulatory mechanisms, including conservation measures within Alaska and the international community, which have resulted in a sustainable worldwide polar bear population that has more than doubled in number over the last 40 years to 20,000-25,000 bears.
The State takes seriously its obligation and interest in the management, conservation, and regulation of all wildlife and other natural resources within its jurisdiction. Alaska is also responsible for the welfare of its citizens, who are concerned that the unwarranted listing of the polar bear as a threatened species will have a significant adverse impact on Alaska by deterring activities such as commercial fisheries, oil and gas exploration and development, transportation, and tourism within and off-shore of Alaska.
Governor Palin also noted that the State continues to follow the actions resulting from the listing closely. On July 12, the State submitted comments on an “interim final rule” dealing with incidental-take provisions under the Endangered Species Act seeking changes to that rule to exempt all activity outside of the polar bear’s normal range from incidental-take prohibitions. “We believe that the Service’s decision to treat areas of Alaska where polar bears do not exist differently from the rest of the United States is in error,” Governor Palin said.
The public comment period on the interim final rule ended July 14, and while Alaska is hoping for rapid action by the Secretary to adopt a new final rule, it is also evaluating options for challenging the interim final rule if a revised final rule is not adopted soon.
“Although we disagree with this listing determination and with the Service’s initial implementation of the decision, we look forward to continued cooperation with the Service in the many other areas involving Alaska’s fish and wildlife resources,” Governor Palin said.
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Alaska gov kicks butt PING!
Our gov can beat up your gov! PING!!
BTW, please FReepmail me if someone changes this pic. Thanks!
I love this Gal!
Three cheers for Sarah!!!
Sarah Palin kicks butt!
Or uncle or half cousin or whatever..
You mean that WWF ad I heard last night with Sharon Lawrence wasn't accurate? She said that climate change is threatening them and the ice is melting all around them--that they'll be extinct in our children's lifetime.
Oh.... who to believe?
Wipe yur chin, that sarcasm drool is so unbecoming:)...
Jennifer Granholm.....whining is her finest attribute.
Well... there was a smirk on my face, but no drool.
(That must be an Alaska thing?)
LOL.
BTW, I have no doubt that your gubbie could wipe the floor with our gubbie.
When can we schedule that? ;-)
August 21 in Palmer, Alaska! She will be opening the state fair. Somewhere between 5 kids, suing the feds, being a gov of a small country, she can handle “The Terminator”! Pix at 11:00...
Contact your Congress critters to let them know that you are tired of high gas prices.
I believe my radar has found a sane Western governor.
Washington eco-fascists need to be challenged in the courts, in the forests, in dark alleys, in public meetings and in back of seedy “smart growth” buildings.
WELL, WELL - Look who is here.
Here’s a question for you:
How do you know when an enviro or Libtard is sitting up straight in its’ chair?
Answer: When it is drooling out of both sides of its’ mouth?
;-)
Good morning! It’s just after 6:00am here and about to head for work, but had to look in FR to see what’s going on. Interesting thing with some of the Polar bears this past year, when I was working up north. Had one come down to the base of the Brooks Range (about 80 miles inland). The bear came down, ravaged some kills by those,oh so evil, humans. Then moved back to the coast. every species has something get out of kilter now and then. If in doubt, look at humans, then see how strange libs are!
What did they do with all the MONEY they receieved?
Here’s a THANK YOU for it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsG5s4sRwTM&feature=related
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