Yes, all of the things that have been suggested are wonderful, but what 
I'd like most to see is a ranger stationed on the island 24/7 to help 
keep things in order. The condition of the current outhouse (which is a 
composting one) is terrible. I went over on a visit to the state park 
site (not the work site) with a friend who is a member of the DNR and he 
was greatly angered by the amount of trash in the toilets and the 
general disrepair. The current site is supposed to be visited regularly 
(weekly?) by the staff at North Beach, but that clearly is not happening 
now. It seems to me too likely that the blinds will be used as camp 
sites and that trash will get dumped in the composting toilets, without 
much more of an official presence that there is now.

Of course, the ranger is the most expensive suggestion to date by far.

--John McKitterick
Columbia MD
jbmck -at- comcast.net

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> Yes!  I'd vote for blinds, too Gail.  Another thing I've noticed at European birding sites are numbered posts/signs.  Directing attention to a bird is much easier if one may say, "It's a binoc field to the left of sign #2!"
> It'd be nice to have such things at Bombay Hook, for example.....
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