You know, the Lamont Valley, riparian habitats are increasingly rare. They have been altered for both agriculture and urban development. Everybody loves to live by a river. Cities depend on rivers. Agriculture depends on the rich soils along the flood plains. Yet, so do the wildlife and the fish. They need what once was a four, sometimes four mile wide area or riparian zone with multiple channels braided through it to provide the habitat for salmonids or western palm turtles or other critters like frogs. And just through here we see where water is flowing through a backwater or side channel. And that's one of the reasons we're focusing efforts on weed control along the riparian habitats. Not only do we enhance what can benefit the salmonids, we're also benefiting migratory birds, which in particular will migrate along the riparian quarters or use them as places for foraging insects because the insect life is generally higher along the wetter riparian areas. And it's just an association between the water loving plants and those species that use these areas, whether they be birds or terrestrial creatures like salamanders. So we feel that not only can we enjoy these when we recreate a Buford Park, it's a wonderful place to go in the hot summer, sit by the river, look out at the beautiful trees and wild flowers, but also knowing that by enhancing them we're also taking care of our brothers and sisters, the fish and wildlife of this planet.