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Sierra Species Listing: Frog & Toad Victory

Campaign:

Protecting Our Sierra Nevada

Issue:

Wildlife

Region:

California

Office:

California

Background:

Commercial Importing of Foreign Endangered Species is Not the Way to Save them

FAQ About Critical Habitat and the Endangered Species Act

Understanding the Endangered Species Act

Editorial:

A law not to be trifled with International Herald Tribune

Fact Sheet:

Clients Earthjustice Represents in the Sierra

Four Species with Habitat in the Sierra Region

Sierra Nevada Fact Sheet

Legal Document:

Mountan Yellow Legged Frog Remand Ninth Circuit

Yellow-legged Frog Complaint

Map:

Overview of National Forests in the Sierra Region

Press Release:

Sierra Frog May Get Endangered Species Protections (10/18/06)

Lawsuit Filed to Protect Vanishing Sierra Amphibian (04/01/03)

Additional Resources:

Endangered Species Success Stories

Reports:

30 Years of the Endangered Species Act: Protecting Our World

Citizens' Guide to the Endangered Species Act

Cases

Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog: ESA Protection

In Brief: 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.

Staff:

Mike Sherwood

Clients:

Center for Biological Diversity

Pacific Rivers Council

Updated: January 3, 2006

Case #01461

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Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog: ESA Protection