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Brainerd area lakes lose ice coverage earlier than normal
Local lakes that froze with winter have now become open water as earlier-than-expected ice-out conditions on many bodies of water means ice-free waters in plenty of time for the fishing opener. 4:00 am, Apr. 10, 2021 ×
Gull Lake, seen from the Hole-in-the-Day Bay public access, was ice free Thursday, April 8, 2021. According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, local bodies of water are clear of ice about about two weeks earlier than normal. Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch
Observant lake lovers have recently noticed something missing from Brainerd area lakes: ice.
Ice-out reports received this year by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources indicate local bodies of water are free of ice almost two weeks earlier than normal.
Brainerd area lakes lose ice coverage earlier than normal
Local lakes that froze with winter have now become open water as earlier-than-expected ice-out conditions on many bodies of water means ice-free waters in plenty of time for the fishing opener. 4:00 am, Apr. 10, 2021 ×
Gull Lake, seen from the Hole-in-the-Day Bay public access, was ice free Thursday, April 8, 2021. According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, local bodies of water are clear of ice about about two weeks earlier than normal. Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch
Observant lake lovers have recently noticed something missing from Brainerd area lakes: ice.
Ice-out reports received this year by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources indicate local bodies of water are free of ice almost two weeks earlier than normal.
Mesa Verde National Park Becomes Fourth International Dark Sky Park in Colorado
If you want to see the Milky Way from your campsite, Mesa Verde is your spot.Megan Michelson •
April 8, 2021
During a normal summer, Mesa Verde National Park park rangers and staff are busy leading daily guided tours of the signature cliff dwellings and archeological sites built by Ancestral Puebloans. But in 2020, visitation to the national park in southwest Colorado decreased by 50 percent due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With fewer visitors and tours, staff had some time on their hands.
“A silver lining of the pandemic was having time to dedicate to projects on the back burner,” says Spencer Burke, a park ranger at Mesa Verde. “One of those projects was getting certified as an International Dark Sky Park.”
The New York Times thinks it’s possible, based on population-adjusted COVID-19 data.
The list is limited to areas with at least 50,000 people and figures are sorted by the difference between the number of cases in the past week compared to the week prior, the Times reports. The Brainerd micropolitan statistical area, which includes Cass and Crow Wing counties, showed an increase of 142 cases per 100,000 people, according to the Times. Topping the list Thursday was Mount Pleasant, Michigan, with an increase of 288 cases per 100,000 people. New York City, meanwhile, ranked 545th on the list with a decrease of 35.4 cases per 100,000.