Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit in the federal district court for the District of Arizona to compel the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to make decisions under the Endangered Species Act regarding listing or critical habitat designation for 13 species of plants and animals, including species threatened by climate change: the round hickorynut (a mussel threatened by increasing stream temperatures and climate change-induced storm events); the Barrens topminnow (a fish found in streams in middle Tennessee that has experienced habitat loss due to climate change); the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle; the least chub; and the tui chub.