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 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]