Tag: dusky gopher frog

July 18, 2019

Frog case settled with no decision on habitat definition

A years-long court battle between the administration and a private property owner over exactly what constitutes “habitat” for an endangered frog ended recently in a consent decree, leaving the larger...

July 16, 2018

Endangered frog habitat case could be new justice’s first

A question over designated critical habitat for the dusky gopher frog (Lithobates sevosus) will be the first Endangered Species Act case to go to the Supreme Court in nearly a...

February 7, 2018

Supreme Court will review controversial frog habitat case

The Supreme Court has decided to hear a case centering on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s controversial designation of land as critical habitat for an endangered frog, despite the species...

February 21, 2017

U.S. appeals court will not rehear dusky gopher frog case

On Feb. 13, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied a petition filed by a group of Louisiana timber and commercial development businesses for a full panel...

August 18, 2016

Frog conservation raises questions of legislative authority

Ongoing conservation efforts for one of the world’s most endangered species have raised questions about legislative authority impacting wildlife conservation in the United States. The dusky gopher frog (Lithobates sevosus,...