Action timeline

July 9, 2012 – The Center petitioned to protect the foothill yellow-legged frog under the federal Endangered Species Act.

June 30, 2015 – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a positive finding on our petition to list the frog and initiated a status review for the species.

August 31, 2015 – The Center submitted 162 pages of comments demonstrating that the foothill yellow-legged frog should be protected under the Endangered Species Act.

December 23, 2015 – The Center filed a notice of intent to sue the Fish and Wildlife Service over its lengthy delay in deciding whether to extend Endangered Species Act protection to the foothill yellow-legged frog.

March 16, 2016  – The Center filed a lawsuit  over the Fish and Wildlife Service's lengthy delay in deciding whether to extend Endangered Species Act protection to the foothill yellow-legged frog.

August 30, 2016 – The Center reached a settlement with the Fish and Wildlife Service requiring the agency to determine whether the foothill yellow-legged frog warrants protection as an endangered species by 2020. 

December 14, 2016 – The Center formally petitioned the California Fish and Game Commission to list the foothill yellow-legged frog as a threatened species under the California Endangered Species Act. 

April 26, 2017 – In response to our petition, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife recommended the state initiate a status review and consider an endangered or threatened listing for the foothill yellow-legged frog.

June 21, 2017 — In further response to our petition, the California Fish and Game Commission voted to advance the foothill yellow-legged frog as a candidate species under the California Endangered Species Act.

Foothill yellow-legged frog photo courtesy Flickr/Bree McGhee