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ACTION TIMELINE

February 17, 2009 – The Center and the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society petitioned to list 42 imperiled springsnail species from Nevada, Utah and California as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.

July 12, 2011 – The Center reached a landmark agreement with the Fish and Wildlife Service compelling the agency to move forward in the protection process for 757 species, including all 42 Great Basin springsnails.

 

Amargosa River photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons/Stan Shebs, under the GNU Free Documentation License