On April 16, 2026, the California Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously to designate Bendire’s thrasher (Toxostoma bendirei) and LeConte’s thrasher (Toxostoma lecontei) as candidate species under the California...more
On September 24, 2025, the Center for Biological Diversity submitted a petition (the Petition) to the California Fish and Game Commission (the Commission) to list the western spadefoot toad (Spea hammondii) as threatened...more
A March 30, 2026, decision from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, in Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Department of the Interior, vacated key provisions of the Endangered Species Act...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) had filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona against the United States Environmental...more
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) and the Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) entered into a February 13th Stipulated Settlement Agreement (“Agreement”) addressing the brook floater mussel. See Case...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) submitted to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) pursuant to Section 4(b) of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) a Petition to protect the Birmingham darter...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) and a number of other environmental organizations filed a September 15th Petition for Review (“Petition”) in the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit challenging an...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) against the United States Fish and Wildlife...more
The Ninth Circuit held that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) acted arbitrarily and capriciously by failing to explain in its Record of Decision why it selected a project alternative that did not meet the development...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) filed a June 6th Petition to Object addressing the Bonanza Explorations’, Inc. Clean Air Act Title V Permit renewal.’ The Petition objects to the renewal of a Title V Operating...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) filed a May 8th Clean Air Act Title V Petition to Object (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) relating to Bargath, LLC for the Hyrup...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) filed an April 3rd Clean Air Act Title V Petition to Object (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) related to DC Operating Company, LP for the...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) filed a Petition for Review (“Petition”) in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit challenging the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”)...more
Pursuant to Executive Order 14156, the United States Army Corp of Engineers (“Corps”) has reclassified 690 Clean Water Act Section 404 Wetland Permits as Emergency Actions. Executive Order 14156 is entitled “Declaring a...more
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) and Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) entered into a January 16th Stipulated Settlement Agreement (“Agreement”) imposing deadlines for required listing decisions...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) entered into a November 14th Stipulated Settlement Agreement and Proposed Order (“Settlement”) addressing the Arkansas...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) filed an October 21st Title V Petition to Object (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) related to Harvest Four Corners LLC (“Harvest”). See...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) entered into an October 28th Consent Decree addressing an issue arising out of Section 108 and 109 of the Clean Air Act...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) sent an October 15th 60-day notice of intent to sue to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) for alleged violations of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). CBD...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) transmitted a 60-day Notice of Intent To Sue (“NOI”) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) for alleged violations of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”).The alleged...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) and 27 other bird and wildlife conservation organizations from 23 states submitted a Petition to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) styled: Petition for...more
On September 4, 2024, the Center for Biological Diversity, along with more than 20 other groups, (collectively, CBD) delivered a petition (Petition) to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) in which CBD requested the...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) sent an August 7th document to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) styled: Notice of Intent to Sue Under the Clean Air Act for Failure to Issue or Deny a...more
On May 20, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a final rule listing the dunes sagebrush lizard as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The listing does not include a designation of critical habitat....more
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) has issued a proposed rule that would designate critical habitat for the Barrens topminnow (“Bt”) under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”)....more