The state of Alaska has filed a lawsuit against the federal government over its designation of 187,157 square miles as polar bear habitat.
Gov. Sean Parnell says there's already a slate of state and federal laws and international agreements that provide strong conservation measures for polar bears. Parnell says additional regulations triggered by the habitat designation would delay jobs and either increases the costs or, or prevent resource development jobs.
The Interior Department under former President George W. Bush declared polar bears a threatened species in 2008 because of the threat from diminishing sea ice. The state also filed a second lawsuit challenging the decision to list the bears as threatened.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife spokesman Bruce Woods says the agency doesn't comment on pending or active litigation.
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