Subject: [Tweeters] Path etiquette at the Montlake Fill
Date: Aug 30 13:27:48 2006
From: Mark Wensnahan - reganw at rockisland.com


Hi All,

Recently I was at the Montlake Fill early in the morning. I was
keeping to the gravel paths which I thought was proper when along
comes a man with a camera and big telephoto lens and goes straight
off the gravel paths and walks around the ponds quite close in. In at
least one case he was walking on a fairly obvious path through the
grass though it was a path not lined with gravel. I was tempted to do
the same in order to get a better look at some shorebirds but then
noticed a sign about fragile habitat. Later in my walk I came across
obviously well-worn, non-gravel paths that lead down to the Lake. I
wasn't sure whether to hold to a gravel only policy in this case.

Does anybody have any thoughts on appropriate paths to use at the Fill?

Thanks, Mark