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As an educator of children I feel very strongly about preservation
of wildlife and habitat as well as clean air for future
generations. I also recognize that by setting high expectations we
encourage ourselves to rise to the challenge and encourage others
to follow our positive lead. For these reasons I am happy to see
that wildlife and habitat conservation are important parts of
CARB's scoping plan. Thank you for all your efforts to promote
this benchmark for addressing proactive Global Warming solutions.
I respectfully submit a few suggestions for improvement of your
final plan. 

First, I urge you to make it clear in the scoping plan that
adequate annual funding must be dedicated for climate change
research, monitoring, and planning to help fish and wildlife adapt
and survive climate change challenges. Without dedicated funding,
our state's biodiversity is a great risk. 

Secondly, I support a strong ,cost-effective cap on emissions and
a market-based program to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations
at a level that ensures the well-being of communities and
ecosystems. 

I urge you to put in a more robust carbon reduction target for
forests. The scoping plan's target is too low. Forest conservation
can provide a greater reduction in carbon emissions. It is
important that you utilize this.

I suggest that you ensure that CARB, not the Board of Forestry,
maintains the least authority on all forest carbon accounting.

Lastly, I urge you to move quickly to establish scientifically
derived protocols for other habitats such as wetlands and
grasslands. 

Again thank you for all your hard work, and I appreciate the time
you have taken to consider public comments.