Action timeline

June 18, 2007 – In coalition with four regional conservation organizations, the Center filed a petition to list the dusky tree vole under the Endangered Species Act. Also in June, the Center released a report identifying 215 species of concern in Oregon’s Tillamook rainforest and North Coast.

September 4, 2008 – After surveys failed to locate dusky tree voles in places they were once common, the Center, Cascadia Wildlands Project, Oregon Wild, and Portland Audubon filed a notice of intent to sue the administration for its lack of response to our 2007 petition.

October 27, 2008 – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finally heeded our petition and declared it would begin a status review to determine whether the dusky tree vole and red tree vole warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act.