It's looking more like the hotsprings on Hotspring Island in Gwaii Haanas are not going to make a comeback.That's the opinion of Glenn Woodsworth, an emeritus research scientist with the Geological Survey of Canada and author of the book Hot Springs of Western Canada.We spoke to him Friday afternoon, as he was putting the final touches on the third edition of his informative, popular guide book."We have no way of telling, but my guess is that those upper pools are probably toast," he said. "My feeling is, it's not going to come back in those upper pools.The hot springs ceased flowing after the October earthquake, and Dr. Woodsworth predicted then that if they didn't come back within six months, they likely would not.Then, in January, a small miracle. Warm water was detected in a different location, coming from cliffs below the high tide line. That flow is continuing, and Gwaii Haanas staff continues to monitor the area for activity."Although none of the four large pools on the island have been refilling since the October 2012 earthquake, there is one small makeshift pool that has been created by Watchmen below the high tide line in the cliffs. The pool is uncovered with the low tide and flushed with higher tides and holds a maximum of three people - tightly," information released Friday by Gwaii Haanas says. "We remain hopeful that the water will return but at this time we don't know all the factors that changed following the earthquake," Gwaii Haanas said.Dr. Woodsworth said water may be coming up even lower down, or under the water. He says the 'plumbing system' may be finding new ways, but even so, he is not optimistic for the upper pools."I don't think there's much hope," he said. "If I were a betting person, I'd put money on it not coming back.But he did say "nothing is certain in this game" and noted that there have been cases where a hotspring has recharged more than six months after been cut off, "but it is rare," he said.In a footnote to the story, Gwaii Haanas added that "Keen's long-eared bats use Hotspring Island as a maternity colony and Little brown bats also live there. Our monitoring has indicated that the bat population numbers seem about normal."