Dear Editor,
Like most Steveston and West Richmond residents, I am delighted to be witnessing the second spring of the Railway Avenue wild flowers.
Sadly, some people seem to think that this is a public nursery or their own personal cut flower supply.
Please, can everyone be wise enough to realize that if even a small percentage of people who use the path decide to take a few flowers with them, that the abundance that we now see and hope to see for weeks to come, will soon be diminished.
People who hike in the wilderness know full well the personal responsibility that comes with walking in nature and the taking of wild flowers is frowned upon, even fined in some areas. I respectfully ask my fellow citizens of Richmond to display the same responsibility in an urban environment where it is arguably even more required.
Rupert Whiting
Richmond
