12-30-11
Alaska Dispatch by Jill Burke. On Wednesday the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Alaska region celebrated the act's anniversary with a brief "Happy Birthday!" message on its website, and credited the law with the successful recovery of a handful of animals in Alaska. But nearly four decades after the act became law it's become a source of ongoing and sometimes escalating tensions between the state of Alaska and federal regulators. De-listing species is something Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) likes to see. Regulating more animals under the Endangered Species Act isn't. [...]
