There’s a better way to keep Puget Sound bodies of water clean than by creating a no-discharge zone, writes guest columnist Bob Edwards in this Seattle Times op-ed.

“Go West young man, go West.”

These words by author Horace Greeley in the mid-1800s helped spur the American westward movement that ultimately created the state of California. Tomorrow marks National Maritime Day, and Greeley’s words resonate all the more strongly for the citizens of our maritime state as we embark upon the American Pacific century. We need only look West once more to find golden opportunities on our Pacific doorstep.