No official decision has been announced. It's reasonable to plan for no changes to the upcoming season.

In such a system, what's the advantage of a Squeeze versus a Mini?

On my recent 6-day trip, I carried 4.96 pounds of food, plus another 1.3 pounds for delay. And I ate most of it.

I don't use a bidet, but I do use compressed paper towels, which get packed out inside allegedly biodegradable dog poop bags

There was toilet paper in the women's bathroom at Windigo, and it was clean. However, I don't believe the park service handles the bathroom cleaning there—in the past I have observed employees of the concessionaire cleaning the bathrooms.
We hiked Windigo>Feldtmann>Siskiwit>Malone and experienced ...

I just returned earlier this week:

Proper food storage was mentioned during the orientation, but we were not asked to prove that we had appropriate storage devices.
We were unable to locate the food storage locker at Feldtmann.
I think there were three at Siskiwit. One was tilted toward the user ...

This is such helpful information! Perhaps they will consider adding this level of boat detail to their website.

When I rented, the kayak was over in Rock Harbor, and the marina employee helped me carry it over to Tobin Harbor. I left it on the rack there when I was done.

The only time I camped at Lake Richie was last September. I got the last camp site and ultimately shared it with a couple of other hikers. The evening was pleasant, and the water was drinkable. Usually I'm passing through in the middle of the day so I don't see campers there.

With a 9 am departure ...

To expand on the previous: This is the kayak I rented at the Rock Harbor Marina in 2021. This was before I had much idea about kayaks other than they are used on the water. There were no bulkheads, or foot pegs, or a spray skirt, or proof that I could perform a self-rescue with anything other than ...

If those are the rental kayaks now, they've upgraded their fleet.

What's an audio trap?

Malone: I haven't got the Nat Geo map to hand---is the spur trail from the dock to Siskiwit Falls on it? And is there also a mapped spur that visits the lakelet just upstream from the falls? (I hiked the latter the one time I was at Malone, but---due to not paying maps the attention they deserve ...

I noticed you note a 1 night limit at Washington Creek, but the Greenstone says 3 (in case you don't get a camper cabin).
Malone Bay has nature's jacuzzi! Ask me when the time gets closer...
It does occur to me that you could also do the Malone to Greenstone leg as a day trip out of Malone at the ...

Yeah—even though I wrote both, the wordy version is easier to read. The spreadsheet serves a separate function.

Noted on Pickerel Cove.
Yes, there is a trail on Belle Isle as you describe, but it's not on the map, so I am not obliged to hike it. :)
The Rock Harbor Lighthouse trail is covered on ...

I've had some time lately to contemplate the plans for my Minong thorough hike. A few things have come together:

I talked to my boss about how to take off all the time, and it's doable, as long as I'm back by a certain event.
An idea to paddle the first part of the itinerary next summer, just to ...