That's super. We saw some examples of the importance of those native grasses in inner tidal zones and so on. The right grass in those areas greatly expands fish habitat, how much it's used, and how much insect activity then feeds the fish and so on. I recognize how important that is. In fact, I took a little stroll along here between sessions and saw some examples of that, just up the river, where a couple of herons were in the water right opposite where the grass was at the edge of the water. That speaks to the issues we're talking about today.
Ms. Clogg, you mentioned wildlife corridors and making sure that we connect areas. Roads can be a barrier. We see on the highways, often, wildlife fences to keep them from getting on the highways. None of us wants to collide with wildlife. We all see deer standing there as we drive by on the highway and wonder whether we should stop and risk getting killed or hope that the deer doesn't try to cross before somebody runs it over.
You raised another interesting point. Do we have examples of best practices somewhere we can incorporate in highway design to make sure that corridors pass under or pass over, or that there is some kind of corridor? How well are these things used? Maybe that's not your area. Maybe others can comment on it.
Also, you raised the interesting point that as climate zones move north, some of the southern species are going to take advantage of that and move northward as well. How can we take advantage of that? Could you, or maybe one of the others, comment on how we can take advantage of those concepts?