will the present flock migrate to woodland and build a new nest ,leaving what they've left behind :question [smiley=dankk2.gif]  what will 30 years in the future tell of these "new" finds"[/quote]

I hope the WCP NEVER gets that kind of use!!   (QP gets about 22,000 people each year, and the BWCA gets about 230,000 visits/year.)   The ecosystem of WCP, so much further north, is much, much more fragile than the QP.  It's very dry and cold.  The lichen and moss that now grow up there in large thick patches would be gone in short order.  The fragile system is why the WCP Superintendent, much to his credit, has convinced his staff - and hopefully the poobahs in the bureaucracy - that they should not compete with other Parks like QP for MORE people!  (There is this feeling among some that more visitors means more "success.")  This superintendent understands that his park's carrying capacity is much less than others like QP and Wabikimi, and too many visitors, (I think his upper limit is about 5,000/year) would result in ecological degradation.  

I hope everyone practices light-on-the-land camping when they visit.  It's really a special place.

But "progress" inevitably marches on.  And so it goes...

prouboy