BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Nearly 2 weeks after a late winter blizzard dumped more than two feet of snow on Northeast Wisconsin, the effects continue.
In Brown County, some outdoor activities are being delayed.
Case in point…Brown County Parks.
Jason Petrella, Brown County Parks Department Program and Natural Resource Coordinator, tells FOX 11.
“The snow is melting, but it’s still taking some time. It’s just they had a lot of clean up. They’re doing a lot of improvements on the campgrounds from last year, they’re kind of wrapping up. So it’s just pushed all those kind of work events back.”
At the boat launch in Bay Shore County Park…
“The hill’s still closed off. There’s still ice and snow on the hill, and there’s still ice in the bay inside the launch areas. So, it’s going to take some time for that to get open back up again.”
It’s a similar situation across the bay.
Snow and ice choked the Suamico Boat Launch Wednesday morning. Park officials expect docks to be installed there today.
Petrella says there’s more.
“The Reforestaton Camp. The horse trails and bike trails, they’re not open yet. They’re just too wet, and flooded in a lot of areas. Same thing at the horse trails at Neshotah Park. Those are really flooded up over there.”
Petrella says the Bay Shore Campground is scheduled to open on May 11, which is after the fishing season opener on May 5.
“They might not be able to use the launch lanes by next Saturday. It depends on the weather out here. So it’s really going to impact guys that come out here for the opening weekend, where are they potentially going to camp, stay, where they’re going to launch stuff like that.”
Petrella says camping reservations could be adjusted.
At Potawatomi State Park near Sturgeon Bay, officials say run-off from all the melting snow is causing concerns.
Reservations are not being accepted until May first.
The seasonal roads are still closed, so park workers can clean up from what’s left of the blizzard.
