We also have 11 million acres of designated critical habitat of which 30 percent of it is privately owned. In Kern County. part of which lies in my district. we have more listed species than any other county in the State of California. To relay an anecdotal story of which there have been many here today. in 1995. we had a Chinese immigrant farmer who. believe it or not. was jailed and prosecuted due to an accidental taking of a species on his land that he had farmed for years. As a matter of fact. his tractor had been confiscated as corroborating evidence. As a result of that.
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