I think regulatory backstops are something you simply need to have as a recognition that these key habitats are extremely important. What we see now is that through the loss of the habitats out there, we are passing on potential issues to communities in downstream areas, whether from a water quality standpoint or the historic floods that occur almost on an annual basis now. There has to be some recognition that you can't just continue to push off your issue onto another area of the country.
I think a regulatory backstop does simply that: it promotes the idea that we need to be cognitive of what we have on the landscape and that “we want to work with you in order to conserve”.