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February 18, 2016
Strange Planks Just Below the Ice on Lake Appert
When Marsh Warden Mike Limatola and I cleaned out the Wood Duck Boxes on Monday, we found several seven-foot-long boards embedded in the ice. Also found a few "new" old pipes sticking up through the ice and nearby phrags.
Any theories?
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Jim Wright
Yes, the planks look very old…
Sue
Do these planks look old?