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Center for Biological Diversity v. Kempthorne
Center for Biological Diversity v. Kempthorne ↗
08-cv-01936E.D. Cal.2 entries
Filing Date
Type
Action Taken
Document
Summary
02/12/2009
Settlement Agreement
Settlement filed.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed to consider whether to list the American pika as a protected species under the federal Endangered Species Act. FWS said it would make its assessment by May 2009.
08/19/2008
Complaint
Complaint filed.
Conservation group sought protection for the American pika, a small member of the rabbit family, under the federal Endangered Species Act. The lawsuit against the Fish and Wildlife Service alleged that the federal agency did not issue a timely finding on the group's petition to list the pika as a "threatened" species under the federal Act. The complaint alleged that global warming had "already extracted a heavy toll" on the pika.