Action timeline

September 25, 2012 – The Center petitioned to protect the Clear Lake hitch under both the federal Endangered Species Act and the state's Endangered Species Act.

March 7, 2013 – The California Fish and Game Commission designated the Clear Lake hitch as a candidate species for protection under California's state Endangered Species Act.

August 7, 2014 – The California Fish and Game Commission designated the Clear Lake hitch as a threatened species under California's state Endangered Species Act.

Clear Lake hitch photo courtesy Richard Macedo, California Fish and Game