Together We Have Strength

TOGETHER WE HAVE STRENGTH

Dear Don, old Chesapeake friends and new Delaware friends:

While I have had a chance to tell friends, colleagues and family of the magic of the trip since my return, I have not yet had a chance to thank all of you.  So thank you.  I love that the Upstream Alliance has set up a site to share images.  I know that I will download some to keep a lasting record of our adventure.  I learned so much on this trip about a system I was long overdue to learn about.  It’s hard to even know who to thank for my new found perspective, as it was the collective sharing that helped me learn so much.   Everyone taught me and hopefully I taught them.  I thank you one and all.

For some of you, I will be following up with draft legislation and ideas that are actionable.  For others, ideas for funding, nature center design or educational programming will come.  I hope that our paths cross at least periodically, if not often, as we weave together a merger of the two  worlds.  I feel a wealth of new found friends and I have the Upstream Alliance to thank for that.  Our missions of environmental protection, education and science are hard roads to hoe.  I feel certain we are stronger together. 

We started our journey with a mission to save an osprey.  Ensnared in monofilament fishing line, we helped her to fly again, under the watchful (and somewhat frightening) eye of her mate.  As she soared we felt her relief.  Downstream, we saw the land from the vantage of the river, when most of us had only seen the view in reverse – it gives you a depth of perspective. 

We have accomplishment under our belt and more to come…