Before we get too excited here, we should see where they are planning this. The impression I got talking with people there a few years ago, they were going to do some development on the beach in front of the upper parking area at the park. This would be just west of the sandspit area. They talked of a boardwalk in this area. This would make a lot more sense to me than putting on an easily flooded sandspit. I don't think any of the planners understand blowing sand. When I worked as a ranger at Crane Creek State Park I remember rescuing a boater that had washed up on the beach during very high winds. When I got done that night I remember unbuttoning my shirt pockets and getting about a teaspoon of sand out of each pocket. Not to mention all that went down my back. Not a wise place for anyone to live. Then again, with all the craziness I have seen at Conneaut through the years I can see them putting it on the sandspit also. John Pogacnik 4765 Lockwood Road Perry, OH 44081 (440) 259-2751 ______________________________________________________________________ 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]