This year has set the record for wettest winter in Seattle history, but it’s almost done. Spring is just around the corner, you made it, congratulations

 

 

Residents of the Greater Pacific Northwest pride themselves on their ability to survive months without sunlight and to walk anywhere without an umbrella. But it’s the springtime which makes it all worth it.

 

 

Because that’s the one thing which most of us all agree on, nature is beautiful and worth protecting.

 

 

Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder but few can look at the Puget Sound, the Cascade Mountains, the temperate rain forest or the vast wetlands and not find them breathtaking.

 

 

We build our summers around the outdoors. The few short months of clear skies and ten o’clock sunsets are filled to bursting with hiking, camping, paddleboaring, trips to the beach, and long afternoons spent reading in the sun.

 

 

The environment is a vital part of who we are. It is in our DNA.

 

 

Protection and prevention are always an uphill battle. Now more so than ever. But nature should  be the one area free from politics and controversy. It should be the one area we all agree on, because no one wants to see this destroyed. What we have here is a truly wonderful gift, one we are frequently reminded of whenever we look out a window. But it is under threat. Action is required in order to insure that we will continue to have these beautiful resources at our fingertips. If we do nothing, if we continue to take it for granted and refuse to come together one the one issue we all agree on, then we will lose it forever.