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The weather is warming up, the birds are singing, and the ice is melting.
Ben Jedlicka, Kansas Department of Wildlife Parks and Tourism Game Warden, says with the recent warm spell, the ice on lakes, rivers, and ponds are melting. He says it is not the time to partake in activity on the ice such as ice fishing.
“The ice conditions are not good now,” Jedlicka says. “We have had the warmup and it kind of turns honeycomb or it starts to melt from the bottom and to the top both, and it is treacherous. So, stay off the ice now.”