I thought the state park buildings were closed from October-April.
Isn't the whole park closed in the off season?

I understand the DNR budget is nowhere near what is needed to maintain
existing facilities, let alone a new one. Maybe MOS can consider offering to
staff the passive-recreation area on a volunteer basis when the time comes.

At 10:08 PM 1/8/2007, John McKitterick wrote:
>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

--Pat

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