{"id":3318,"date":"2023-02-27T21:09:45","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T21:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/severnsound.ca\/?page_id=3318"},"modified":"2023-11-20T11:08:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T16:08:51","slug":"ice-spotters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.severnsound.ca\/programs-projects\/ice-spotters\/","title":{"rendered":"Ice Spotters"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3318\" class=\"elementor elementor-3318\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-517980b elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"517980b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;mountains&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" opacity=\"0.33\" d=\"M473,67.3c-203.9,88.3-263.1-34-320.3,0C66,119.1,0,59.7,0,59.7V0h1000v59.7 c0,0-62.1,26.1-94.9,29.3c-32.8,3.3-62.8-12.3-75.8-22.1C806,49.6,745.3,8.7,694.9,4.7S492.4,59,473,67.3z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" opacity=\"0.66\" d=\"M734,67.3c-45.5,0-77.2-23.2-129.1-39.1c-28.6-8.7-150.3-10.1-254,39.1 s-91.7-34.4-149.2,0C115.7,118.3,0,39.8,0,39.8V0h1000v36.5c0,0-28.2-18.5-92.1-18.5C810.2,18.1,775.7,67.3,734,67.3z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M766.1,28.9c-200-57.5-266,65.5-395.1,19.5C242,1.8,242,5.4,184.8,20.6C128,35.8,132.3,44.9,89.9,52.5C28.6,63.7,0,0,0,0 h1000c0,0-9.9,40.9-83.6,48.1S829.6,47,766.1,28.9z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f01d73a\" data-id=\"f01d73a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e0ab47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9e0ab47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"665\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.severnsound.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ice-spotters-colour.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3271\" alt=\"Ice spotters colour\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.severnsound.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ice-spotters-colour.png 665w, https:\/\/www.severnsound.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ice-spotters-colour-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62667a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"62667a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ice Spotters<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f515389 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f515389\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3cc138d\" data-id=\"3cc138d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-111cccd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"111cccd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>As average air temperatures rise, the timing of ice formation and ice break-up (known as ice phenology) is changing across our region. Aside from being an indicator of climate change, ice phenology is important in regulating many biological and chemical processes lake:<\/p><ul><li>Ice cover provides shelter for fish eggs \u2013 early spring break up puts eggs at risk during storms<\/li><li>Wildlife depend on consistency in freeze\/thaw cycles for migration, hibernation and food sources<\/li><li>Length of the ice-free season affects:<ul><li>the extent of oxygen depletion and release of sediment-bound phosphorus in areas that thermally stratify<\/li><li>potential for algae bloom growth, particularly blue-green algae<\/li><li>growing season for aquatic plants<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-42cd4c0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"42cd4c0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f79c666\" data-id=\"f79c666\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95ac6a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95ac6a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/icewatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/changes_in_lake_ice_signal_a_changing_climate.pdf\">report by IceWatch Canada<\/a>\u00a0explains how lake ice is changing across Canada.\u00a0<\/p><p>Through SSEA&#8217;s Ice Spotters program, volunteers record ice conditions leading up to ice-on in the fall and ice-off in the spring. Tracking the timing of ice-on\/ice-off on inland lakes and Severn Sound embayments can help track climate change effects.<\/p><p>If you are interested in collecting observations in the fall and spring, here is how to make ice observations in a standardized way that will help us keep track of year to year change:<\/p><ol><li>\u00a0From Dec 1 until full ice-on, and April 1 until full ice-off, and from the same shoreline location each time, record a description of ice cover within your field of view, as illustrated below (examples: no ice; about 50% cover, thin transparent ice; ice only near shore; iced over except near stream outflow; fully iced over). Make particular note of the date of <strong><em>ice-on<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><em>ice-off<\/em><\/strong>. Ice-on occurs when ice is\u00a0<strong><em>completely<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0covering the lake\/bay; ice-off occurs when ice is\u00a0<strong><em>completely<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0gone from the lake\/bay.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1bdeccf\" data-id=\"1bdeccf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc56a94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dc56a94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.severnsound.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/10_ice_observation_graphic.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3324\" alt=\"how lake ice is changing across Canada.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.severnsound.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/10_ice_observation_graphic.png 640w, https:\/\/www.severnsound.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/10_ice_observation_graphic-300x261.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9ac623 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9ac623\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0This is what an observation table for ice-off might look like. You can copy this one into Microsoft Word or Excel or Google Docs\/Sheets\u00a0and update it with your own information, or copy it directly into an email with your observations filled out.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-36693a8 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"36693a8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f12a914\" data-id=\"f12a914\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b1a833 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b1a833\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li>\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bTake a photo with each observation once the ice begins to form in the fall and break up in the spring, noting approximately which direction you are facing.<\/li><li>Submit a GPS point, address or description of your observing location.<\/li><li>\u200bSubmit your photos and ice observations by email to\u00a0<a title=\"Email SSEA Citizen Science Program Coordinator\" href=\"mailto:citizenscience@severnsound.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">citizenscience@severnsound.ca<\/a>\u00a0once the lake\/bay is fully ice covered in the fall, and ice free in the spring (from the vantage point of your location).\u00a0\u200b\u00a0<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5129226 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5129226\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Ice Monitoring on Sturgeon Bay (photo courtesy of P. Davis)<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d8de14e\" data-id=\"d8de14e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90b30e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"90b30e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"806\" height=\"605\" src=\"https:\/\/www.severnsound.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ice-Monitoring-on-Sturgeon-Bay-photo-courtesy-of-P.-Davis.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3273\" alt=\"Ice Monitoring on Sturgeon Bay (photo courtesy of P. Davis)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.severnsound.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ice-Monitoring-on-Sturgeon-Bay-photo-courtesy-of-P.-Davis.jpg 806w, https:\/\/www.severnsound.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ice-Monitoring-on-Sturgeon-Bay-photo-courtesy-of-P.-Davis-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.severnsound.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ice-Monitoring-on-Sturgeon-Bay-photo-courtesy-of-P.-Davis-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e56b58b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e56b58b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-df9e2bd\" data-id=\"df9e2bd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e2cb5cb elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e2cb5cb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-91acfd6\" data-id=\"91acfd6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-504490d elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"504490d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table class=\"ms-rteTable-default\" style=\"height: 234px;\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"ms-rteTable-default\"><strong>Date<\/strong>\n\n<strong>DD\/MM\/YYYY<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"ms-rteTable-default\"><strong>Ice Status<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"ms-rteTable-default\"><strong>Observation Location<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"ms-rteTable-default\"><strong>Observer<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"ms-rteTable-default\"><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"ms-rteTable-default\">13\/04\/2017<\/td>\n<td class=\"ms-rteTable-default\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"ms-rteTable-default\">Farlain Lake, on the dock facing north<\/td>\n<td class=\"ms-rteTable-default\">Aisha<\/td>\n<td class=\"ms-rteTable-default\">~40% ice cover; the edges look a lot like slush<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"ms-rteTable-default\">14\/04\/2017<\/td>\n<td class=\"ms-rteTable-default\"><strong>ice-off<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"ms-rteTable-default\">Farlain Lake, on the dock facing north<\/td>\n<td class=\"ms-rteTable-default\">Aisha<\/td>\n<td class=\"ms-rteTable-default\">no ice seen from observation point<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4332c99\" data-id=\"4332c99\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bb637a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3bb637a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0This is what an observation table for ice-off might look like. You can copy this one into Microsoft Word or Excel or Google Docs\/Sheets\u00a0and update it with your own information, or copy it directly into an email with your observations filled out.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-710b56b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"710b56b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_top&quot;:&quot;mountains&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;opacity-tilt&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-top\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" opacity=\"0.33\" d=\"M473,67.3c-203.9,88.3-263.1-34-320.3,0C66,119.1,0,59.7,0,59.7V0h1000v59.7 c0,0-62.1,26.1-94.9,29.3c-32.8,3.3-62.8-12.3-75.8-22.1C806,49.6,745.3,8.7,694.9,4.7S492.4,59,473,67.3z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" opacity=\"0.66\" d=\"M734,67.3c-45.5,0-77.2-23.2-129.1-39.1c-28.6-8.7-150.3-10.1-254,39.1 s-91.7-34.4-149.2,0C115.7,118.3,0,39.8,0,39.8V0h1000v36.5c0,0-28.2-18.5-92.1-18.5C810.2,18.1,775.7,67.3,734,67.3z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M766.1,28.9c-200-57.5-266,65.5-395.1,19.5C242,1.8,242,5.4,184.8,20.6C128,35.8,132.3,44.9,89.9,52.5C28.6,63.7,0,0,0,0 h1000c0,0-9.9,40.9-83.6,48.1S829.6,47,766.1,28.9z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 2600 131.1\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M0 0L2600 0 2600 69.1 0 0z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.5\" d=\"M0 0L2600 0 2600 69.1 0 69.1z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.25\" d=\"M2600 0L0 0 0 130.1 2600 69.1z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fc9591e\" data-id=\"fc9591e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecacfac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ecacfac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Regional and Local Ice Monitoring Links<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7726b6 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"a7726b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.severnsound.ca\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/css\/widget-icon-list.min.css\">\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov\/satellite-data-products\/modis\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-window-maximize\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">NOAA's MODIS satellite imagery for Lake Huron<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/iceweb1.cis.ec.gc.ca\/Prod\/page2.xhtml?CanID=11080&#038;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-window-maximize\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Canadian Ice Service - 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Slight\u00a0\u200bchanges have been noted:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a8e7ae elementor-align-left elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"1a8e7ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-snowflake\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Ice forming slightly later and going out earlier on Bass Lake<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i 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