I'd like to second the sentiment implicit in Kurt Gaskill's post about Dyke Marsh, the NPS homepage for which is located at http://www.nps.gov/gwmp/dyke-marsh.htm No doubt Louis Halle was a wonderful person, and made a valuable contribution to somethingorother in the Washington area.....but.....the re-naming of a place ought to have some connection and resonance among _many_ people and, with all due respect, I've lived here for over 30 years and never heard of the guy. Let's recall that the Congressional rush to "Cape Kennedy" was eventually modulated into the "Kennedy Space Center" located at Cape Canaveral. (One can only hope that this will eventually happen at the recently re-named "Enemy of the air traffic controllers and environmentalists Washington National Airport"). Friends of Dyke Marsh is at http://www.dykemarsh.org/ David Strother Bethesda, Maryland dstrother@pop.dn.net