Spartan2 wrote on Sep 30^th, 2009 at 11:00am:

And PJ, I could also mention that we took a Lakes 1-4 trip a couple of years ago and never once saw a mess at a campsite.  Were out for 8 days, I believe.  Didn't pick up anyone's trash, rework anyone's fire site, or find any campsite that was anything other than overused and loved to death.  We were back there after about a 30-year absence and I was surprised to see that it looked remarkably the same. We just finished a little short (6-day) trip out of Sawbill at the end of August/early September and I expected to find a lot of trash and mess at the campsites in that busy area.  Picked up garbage at one lunch site and that was literally all of it.  The sites were in beautiful condition, overall.

Hi Lynda -- hope you're doing well.  3 of my 4 canoe trips this year were in the BWCA, (1 in the QP).  I found the BWCA, while definitely overused, was surprisingly litter and trash free.  Way too many people on portages, but again, I was impressed with the cleanliness of the place.  It made me optimistic that people care, despite the few idiots who do things we all remember.  

prouboy