I sent mine in.

Am especially interested in issues like the designated campsites and the possible introduction/spread of uses like mountain biking. As much as I like to bike on the road, and truck camp on an abandoned farm we have access to during the summer and during fall hunting seasons, I do not think those activities are appropriate for quiet, pristine areas.

Bikes (and ATVs and horses) do significant damage. That's a fact. They also attract a loud, rowdy and blundering crowd.

Kentucky is expanding an initiative called Adventure Tourism, which, among other things, includes cross-state trails where people can ride ATVs, bikes and horses on trails and camp.

Neat in its own way, but when those trails cross streams, the damage is extensive.

I realize the long-term goals of the Canadian park governing crowd are to increase use in Quetico and open it up to people who like do things other than canoe or who are unable because of health issues to paddle and portage, but that seems to defeat the purpose. Some areas -- like Quetico -- SHOULD be limited in use.

Thanks for reminding us, db.

Not sure how much weight comments from a guy who lives 950 miles from the border will have, if any, but they at least know how I feel.

- kypaddler