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The Service is also interested in entering into a cooperative agreement with an Alaska Native Organization for the purposes of involving subsistence users in conservation and management of polar bears in Alaska, including the creation of effective two-way communication pathways; collecting and exchanging local observations on polar bears for the development of sound management practices for polar bears in Alaska; managing and monitoring the harvest of polar bears for subsistence use; and developing a polar bear co-management structure.","action":"Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; solicitation of comments.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","id":197,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/197","parent_id":253,"slug":"fish-and-wildlife-service"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2016/11/08/2016-26881.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":18,"title":50}],"citation":"81 FR 78560","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2017-01-09","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"We will accept comments received or postmarked by the end of the day on January 9, 2017.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. FWS-R7-ES-2016-0056","FF07CAMM00-FX-F R133707PB000"],"dockets":[{"supporting_documents":[],"agency_name":"FWS","documents":[{"comment_count":19,"comment_start_date":"2016-11-08","updated_at":"2023-02-28T15:53:42.259-05:00","comment_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FWS-R7-ES-2016-0056-0001","allow_late_comments":null,"id":"FWS-R7-ES-2016-0056-0001","comment_end_date":"2017-01-10","regulations_dot_gov_open_for_comment":false}],"supporting_documents_count":0,"id":"FWS-R7-ES-2016-0056","title":"U.S. Harvest Regulations Under the Agreement of the Government of the United States and the Government of the Russian Federation on the Conservation and Management of the Alaska-Chukotka Polar Bear Population"}],"document_number":"2016-26881","effective_on":null,"end_page":78564,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2016/11/08/2016-26881.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/11/08/2016-26881/co-management-of-subsistence-use-of-polar-bears-by-alaska-natives-conservation-of-the","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2016-26881?publication_date=2016-11-08","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2016-11-08/2016-26881/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":5,"page_views":{"count":343,"last_updated":"2026-10-23 12:15:06 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-11-08/pdf/2016-26881.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2016-26881.pdf?1478526327","publication_date":"2016-11-08","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2016/11/08/2016-26881.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"1018-BA66":{"issue":"201610","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/1018-BA66/co-management-of-subsistence-use-of-polar-bears-by-alaska-natives-conservation-of-the-alaska-chukotk","title":"Co-Management of Subsistence Use of Polar Bears by Alaska Natives; 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