Storm... the kids are in danger

[Randy Owen]

Originally Posted by Randy Owen

"I don't know where they are going to sleep there certainly isn't much land to lay down among all the rocks and water" it is my understanding that Melvin Island is a loon nesting sanctuary site as it has been labeled for years. loons nest in wet land areas that require a 25 foot do not disturb. no part of Melvin Island is 25 feet from the wetlands. Certainly Camp Belknap respects the preservation of loons and would not risk the safety of the loons.

i must correct myself. there might be about 135 feet across the island at it's broader part. shoreline protection 50 feet and wetland buffers do really constrain the usable land though. consideration for the loons might suggest the island should be left uninhabited for the loons or at least far fewer than twenty people