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Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog: ESA Protection

Case Number # 1461

A couple of years ago conservationists sued to gain Endangered Species Act protection for the yellow-legged frog in the Sierra Nevada. The government stalled, then said the species was "warranted but precluded" from protection. The suit now seeks to overturn that decision.
Center for Biological Diversity
Pacific Rivers Council

Press Releases

Sierra Frog May Get Endangered Species Protections
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Ninth Circuit tells Fish and Wildlife Service to rethink its decision
Lawsuit Filed to Protect Vanishing Sierra Amphibian
Tuesday, April 1, 2003
Groups claim species relegation to "bureaucratic purgatory" is illegal