{"id":143356,"date":"2018-04-23T10:42:07","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T15:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=143356"},"modified":"2018-04-24T21:29:34","modified_gmt":"2018-04-25T02:29:34","slug":"lake-ashtabula-recreation-area-opening-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=143356","title":{"rendered":"Lake Ashtabula recreation area opening delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-22795\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Baldhill2Ashtubula-300x202.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Baldhill2Ashtubula-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Baldhill2Ashtubula-258x175.png 258w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Baldhill2Ashtubula.png 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>St.Paul\u00a0 (CSi) \u2013 The U.S. Army Corps is delaying the start to the recreation season at Lake Ashtabula, near Valley City, North Dakota, due to weather.<\/p>\n<p>Lake Ashtabula park ranger \u00a0Scott Tichy says, \u201cDue to heavy snow, frost and lake ice we\u2019re<strong> waiting until May 15 to open the parks.<\/strong> It will take a little longer for the snow to melt, and then a week or so after that for the ground to dry up. The late thaw will inhibit utilities, such as electric hook-ups and showers, as well as access to the campground and lake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The closure affects all facilities on Lake Ashtabula, including the park\u2019s seven boat launching ramps and recreation areas. The Lake Ashtabula Recreation Area typically opens May 1, and individuals having already booked those reservations have been contacted and refunded.<\/p>\n<p>For information on all of the district\u2019s recreation areas, please visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mvp.usace.army.mil\/Missions\/Recreation\/\">http:\/\/www.mvp.usace.army.mil\/Missions\/Recreation\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St.Paul\u00a0 (CSi) \u2013 The U.S. Army Corps is delaying the start to the recreation season at Lake Ashtabula, near Valley City, North Dakota, due to weather. Lake Ashtabula park ranger \u00a0Scott Tichy says, \u201cDue to heavy snow, frost and lake ice we\u2019re waiting until May 15 to open the parks. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22795,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-valley-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143356"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143519,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143356\/revisions\/143519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}