Action timeline

March 16, 2000 – The Center, the Sierra Club, and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility filed suit against the Bureau of Land Management for failing to stop overgrazing and other activities in the California Desert Conservation Area and thus harming 24 endangered species, including the Inyo California towhee.

2001 – A federal judge approved a settlement between the Bureau of Land Management and the Center and allies that instituted sweeping biodiversity reforms within the California Desert Conservation Area, helping to protect the towhee’s habitat.