Madam Speaker, as a young girl I spent time going to Oak Hammock Marsh in the summer.
I am very familiar with the programs and services Ducks Unlimited offers, and it does a great job. Our government has invested millions of dollars into its programs. It has actually leveraged our government's dollars on what I think is a three-to-one basis in the protection of wetlands.
The member asked about the long-term protection of wetlands. If we talk to Ducks Unlimited and the people who work on a working landscape, they understand the need to talk to local folks who use the land and engage them in these conservation efforts. That is where Ducks Unlimited functions well as an organization.
From our government's perspective, we have invested millions of dollars in conservancy efforts across this country and those efforts are paying off.