mr. barry nelson. >> thank you, chairman kwon and members of the commission. barry nelson representing the golden gate salmon association. just as a very brief opening comment, i'm glad that you and the staff are -- are really focusing on this issue. it's -- it's impossible to overstate how important this issue is from a whole list of perspectives, we're on the wave -- on the precipice of extinction. and i want to thank commissioner moran for his comment about trying to focus on places where we can find common ground and ways to move forward, and the letter that -- that mr. ritchie referred to, if i can give this to your staff, you may have seen this already, but this is the letter that mr. ritchie refer today that came in last -- referred to that came in last night. focused on three issues where i really think we can focus on making progress. the first -- we haven't talked about this yet today. the first is the current federal administration has begun a quite aggressive attack on natural resources in california, on the use of credible science and the regulator