I was about to compose an e-mail to address this issue when I read Steve
Edinger's comments, which said much of what I was going to say.

The current parking lot at the nature center is not nearly big enough for
all the cars which currently use the parking near the boardwalk. New parking
would either destroy additional habitat, or it would have to be outside the
current Magee Marsh Wildlife Area.

Building additional parking would be very expensive, as would creating and
operating a shuttle to the boardwalk. Where would this money come from?

Apparently DOW has already planned to close off part of the current parking
and let it revert to nature. The cost of this would be minimal, and allow
DOW's limited funds to be used for other purposes.

It would be great to keep cars out of the area and bus people in to see the
birds, but let's accept what DOW proposes and be thankful for that.

Gene Stauffer
Grove City

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