Economic woes tempt legislators to fling open doors to business at the peril of the environment and North Carolina is doing just that potentially setting back decades of work protecting nature and the multitudes of species that make up our shared natural heritage.This great article by Emergy P. Dalesio of the Associated Press is very informative regarding this topic. I encourage you to learn more and let your voice be heard in standing for keeping and strengthening our natural protections now more than ever. We must consider the changing environment and future generations by doing our best to make every advancement possible sooner while we can still affect more positive change than by waiting and ignoring the need to protect the earth and its living systems.