ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is delaying the start to the recreation season at Lake Ashtabula, near Valley City, North Dakota, due to weather.
“Due to heavy snow, frost and lake ice we’re waiting until May 15 to open the parks,” said Scott Tichy, Lake Ashtabula park ranger. “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.”
The closure affects all facilities on Lake Ashtabula, including the park’s 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.
For information on all of the district’s recreation areas, please visit: http://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/.
The nearly 600 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, employees working at more than 40 sites in five upper-Midwest states serve the American public in the areas of environmental enhancement, navigation, flood damage reduction, water and wetlands regulation, recreation sites and disaster response. Through the St. Paul District Fiscal Year 2016 $78 million budget, nearly 1,250 non-Corps jobs were added to the regional economy as well as $120 million to the national economy. For more information, see www.mvp.usace.army.mil.
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Release no. 18-032