diff --git a/herbie/__init__.py b/herbie/__init__.py
index 07277612..053e416e 100644
--- a/herbie/__init__.py
+++ b/herbie/__init__.py
@@ -205,3 +205,4 @@ def template(self):
 from herbie.fast import FastHerbie
 from herbie.latest import HerbieLatest, HerbieWait
 from herbie.wgrib2 import wgrib2
+from herbie.accessors import HerbieAccessor
diff --git a/herbie/core.py b/herbie/core.py
index 8b378abb..2c0db599 100644
--- a/herbie/core.py
+++ b/herbie/core.py
@@ -37,17 +37,7 @@
 # NOTE: The config dict values are retrieved from __init__ and read
 # from the file ${HOME}/.config/herbie/config.toml
 # Path is imported from __init__ because it has my custom methods.
-
-try:
-    # Load custom xarray accessors
-    import herbie.accessors  # noqa: F401
-except Exception:
-    warnings.warn(
-        "herbie xarray accessors could not be imported."
-        "Probably missing a dependency like MetPy."
-        "If you want to use these functions, try"
-        "`pip install metpy`"
-    )
+# Load custom xarray accessors
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cc7385cc..6b8bac6b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "cfgrib>=0.9.15",
     "numpy>=2.2.1",
     "pandas>=2.2.3",
+    "pyproj>=3.7.0",
     "requests>=2.23.3",
     "toml>=0.10.2",  # TODO: Drop in favor of tomllib when Python >=3.11 is required.
     "xarray>=2025.1.1",
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2932dfdb..38cf9e4d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ matplotlib
 metpy
 numpy
 pandas
+pyproj
 pygrib
 scikit-learn
 toml