if it wasn't for cheap tidwell and harris sherman and secretary bill zack, we wouldn't have been able to do some of these things, like what we are doing with the conservation fund. we are saying, where are the big landscape level investments that we can make? yes, we have chosen the crown of the continent. yes, we have chosen the pine leaf of the southeastern united states, and we are choosing other landscapes around the country. with the right level of investment, we can make them happen. i am proud of the work that we have done their. but we have to go beyond that. there are working lands which are important to us to make sure that we are conserving. we also have to make sure that we keep them open for ranching and for all the other purposes for which those lands are used. under the leadership of director abby and the governor from colorado and governor mead from wyoming, we are moving forward with an 11 state western states grass initiative. my hope is that we will be able to conserve those states grasslands, and at the same time we will be able to allow development in those places