We haven't focused very much on the specific issue of urban sprawl, but some of the instruments that we've been using for decades to conserve natural areas, such as the use of conservation easements, which actually provide financial benefit to the landowner instead of just a pure regulation, could be used to help mitigate some of the urban sprawl issues. Although, as I said, we haven't focused on that area--we work a lot more in the rural landscapes--some of those same tools could certainly be used.
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