mr. carlin and mr. ramirez before me described, this is an exemplary project. very rare to find a piece of land of this size under single ownership in the central valley, and particularly along to of the largest rivers in the -- along two of the largest rivers in the san joaquin valley, which provides 80% of the water consumed by san francisco and mthe bawsca community. there has been quite a bit of effort into salmon restoration on the lower tuolumne river. this supports those earlier efforts and advances them further by improving habitat along 3 miles of river front and an additional 3 miles on the san joaquin river. beyond salmon, this will add to the national one life refuge which has been key for rde- listing the canada goose, which had been very endangered not long ago. this is one of very few animals in the country that has seen this kind of success. we hope you will see that with other species including the field had trapped -- fieldhead trout. this will filter any runoff before it enters the river itself and will improve recreational opportunities for