The Center for Biological Diversity filed a request to intervene in a suit brought by Texas against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove protections awarded to the dunes sagebrush lizard.
Last summer, the agency listed the lizard as endangered. Several months later, Texas filed suit to remove the lizard’s Endangered Species Act protections.
“We’ve been fighting for decades to get these little lizards protected and we’re not going to stop now,” said Jason Rylander of the Center for Biological Diversity.
