Hats off to our team of trash-busters | Letters

Published 4:40 pm Wednesday, April 22, 2015

It is hard to imagine that humans could improve on nature’s beauty of our San Juan Island, but many are doing just that.

Can you imagine our roadways looking like the freeways passing through cities around the country, littered with cans, bottles, Styrofoam containers, and other trash? Who would want to come here to hike or bicycle or even visit?

Every time I see the wonderful volunteers with their bags and bright vests picking up roadside trash, it reminds me what a terrific place in which we live. It is a shame that there always is an element who have no self-respect, nor respect for anyone else, who do the trash tossing.

Let’s all give these volunteers a thumbs up.

Fred Bowen/San Juan Island