mr. chairman , i serve a very rural district , a lot of landowners . 
currently , a landowner with an endangered species on his land often sees the species as a threat to his survival . 
that is not good for the species , and it is certainly not good for the landowner . 
it is not working . 
it is largely adversarial . 
h.r. 3824 provides incentives for landowners to preserve endangered species , and this will help the species , and it will help people as well . 
in 1978 , 50 miles of the central platte river in nebraska was designated as critical habitat for whooping cranes . 
only 3 to 4 percent of the whooping cranes visit the platte river annually . 
the great majority of whooping cranes never see the platte river , never visit it at all ; and so many have questioned this designation because this designation has led to a cooperative agreement between nebraska , colorado , and wyoming involving thousands of acres of lands , hundreds of thousands of feet of water to support critical habitat ; and it is still not complete after 8 years of spending millions of dollars . 
so we have case after case after case like this where this thing simply is not working well . 
hopefully , applying the best available current science required by this legislation will improve this process . 
i think it will . 
i thank the gentleman from california ( chairman pombo ) for his efforts , as well as the gentleman from california ( mr. cardoza ) xz4000650 , and ask support for h.r. 3824 . 
