Action timeline

January 3, 2002 – The Mississippi gopher frog was listed as endangered as the result of a Center suit and settlement.

November 15, 2007 – The Center filed suit to force a critical habitat designation for the gopher frog.

June 10, 2007 – The Center reached a settlement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in which the Service agreed to revisit designation of critical habitat for the frog and issue a new determination by May 10, 2010, with a final designation due one year later.