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editorial<br />
WaveLength<br />
MAGAZINE<br />
Summer 2007 Volume 17, Number 3<br />
PM No. 40010049<br />
Editor – Diana Mumford<br />
Diana@WaveLength<strong>Magazine</strong>.com<br />
Publisher – Ron Mumford<br />
Rmumford@PacificEdgePublishing.com<br />
Copy Editing – Jenni Gehlbach<br />
Marketing – Ben Mumford<br />
Ben@PacificEdgePublishng.com<br />
Webmaster – Paul Rudyk<br />
Writing not otherwise credited is by WL staff.<br />
Cover – Harriman Fiord, Prince William Sound, Alaska.<br />
Pictured are Cascade Glacier (left) and Barry Glacier<br />
(right). Photo by Chugach National Forest and the Alaska<br />
Region Forest Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture<br />
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“An embarrassment of riches” is the phrase that came to mind as we were putting this<br />
issue together—what an amazing variety of paddling places is represented in these<br />
pages. We begin in Alaska, move down the BC coast, hopping from Clayoquot and<br />
Barkley Sounds on the west coast of Vancouver Island to Georgia Strait and the east<br />
coast of the island, into the Gulf Islands and Victoria, and then over to the Bowron<br />
Lakes for some fresh water paddling. Then it’s south to Seattle, Oregon and California,<br />
before heading east to the Canadian Maritimes. It’s enough to make your head<br />
spin trying to decide where best to spend hard earned paddling time, and I know that<br />
this is just a tiny sampling of the places waiting to be experienced. Whether you’re<br />
inspired to trek off for a soulful wilderness adventure, or only have time for a day trip<br />
on urban waters close to home, you are almost sure to come back rejuvenated and<br />
relaxed, having been touched by the wonders of the natural world.<br />
Speaking of the natural world, do you find yourself, as I do, feeling increasingly<br />
disturbed, depressed and even panicked by the bad news that finds its way into news<br />
reports or your Inbox on a daily basis? People seem to be finally waking up and<br />
understanding that the decades-old warnings by environmental scientists have been<br />
ignored, and that the consequences of societal inaction is going to have a huge impact<br />
on life all over this planet. On our morning beach walks—a daily ritual for Wave-<br />
Length workers—I sometimes find myself striding along, head down, staring at the<br />
ground in front of my feet, thinking about the problem of the moment in my little<br />
life. And I have to remind myself to lift my chin, lengthen my gaze and pay attention<br />
to what is going on around me. The California poppies are in full blazing glory on the<br />
bank to my left, kingfishers are chattering overhead, crashing into the water and rising<br />
again with their breakfast in their beaks, totally ignored by dozens of herons who<br />
stand motionless, waiting for their unlucky breakfast to swim into range. I am a symbol<br />
of what is wrong with the world—we are all so wrapped up in our own concerns<br />
that we can’t see what is happening in plain view. A cliché, I know, but no less true.<br />
And so I use my position on this editorial pulpit to urge you to take action whenever<br />
and however you can, so that all our small efforts accumulate to bring sane change<br />
to our crazy world. Write letters, send money to watchdog organizations, holiday<br />
close to home, eat local food, hang your clothes out to dry, turn all things electric off.<br />
But also, put your boat in the water and enjoy life so that you continue to have the<br />
energy and spirit to fight for unspoiled paddling places and what we all hold dear and<br />
ultimately depend upon—the natural, interconnected world. <br />
Diana<br />
Printed on partially recycled ancient rainforest-free paper.<br />
6 WAVELENGTH MAGAZINE SUMMER 2007
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