The 69-page report, entitled "Stakeholder Views on Participation and Coordination to Benefit Threatened and Endangered Species and Their Habitats," (whew!) was released last week and quantified much of what we've heard from Colorado ranchers and farmers on ways to improve conservation incentive programs for both landowners and endangered species. Department of Agriculture conservation incentive programs range from habitat restoration and rangeland protection to retirement of farmland and conservation easements and exist mostly in the Farm Bill, which is up for renewal in 2007. Since two-thirds of threatened and endangered species exist on private land, Center for Native Ecosystems sees  conservation incentive programs as an enormous opportunity for the conservation and agricultural communities to build alliances on improving conservation programs for landowners and endangered species as well as protecting Colorado's rural way 0f life. In the last 12 months, Center for Native Ecosystems has been working with Colorado ranchers, farmers and agricultural groups on just that. In October, we co-hosted a Summit on Improving Conservation Incentive Programs with Rocky Mountain Farmers Union and American Farmland Trust and invited Colorado ranchers, farmers and conservation groups to share their experiences and concerns. With the GAO report, we look forward to continuing our work building relationships among Colorado agriculture on advocating for policy and funding improvements  in 2007 that we all agree on and support.