Action timeline

May 9, 2001 – The Center and allies petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the Kittlitz’s murrelet as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.

May 4, 2004 – The Service decided not to designate the murrelet as endangered, declaring that its listing was “warranted but precluded” and placing it on the candidate list without any federal protections.

November 8, 2005 – The Center filed suit against the Service for delaying Endangered Species Act protection for 283 imperiled species on the candidate list, including the Kittlitz’s murrelet.