Warden Wire: Seagull-a-palooza! The wardens and the June icebergs
Lake Superior icebergs: Yes, it's June and, yes, DNR wardens find, it's iceDNR Marine Warden Amie Egstad eased up the power on her boat today to make a Friday afternoon round of what she thought would be routine commercial net checks on Lake Superior as the temperature hit the low 80s. But this wasn't to be any ordinary patrol around the pond. No, this was going to be different... Who knew what was lurking in the waters ahead? (Cue the foghorn.) OK, kill the foghorn. It was exactly a Titanic situation because the wardens actually saw it from a distance. Still, an icy mountain floating quietly and rather eerily in the middle of the mighty and sometimes moody Lake Superior was a dramatic sight. Read more and see the photos: http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/WardenWire/WardenWire_Lookup.asp?id=382 |