[1Old Pro]

or ensure that surveys of polar bear denning habitats are required.

So it's being held up because the Polar Bears aren't filling out and returning their surveys?

[Robert A Cook PE]

Odd. There are MORE polar bears now than any ever counted in any survey in any year.

Now, most likely the whaler crews and fit traders between 1860 - 1920 did many thousands, but all the recent counts have been increasing since the 60’s.