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Ice In & Out

Loon Data

AMA

Ice In and Out

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Clearwater Lake Freeze / Thaw
Year	Freeze Up	Ice Out
2000	December 1	March 30
2001	December 20	April 26
2002	November 26	April 17
2003	November 23	April 15
2004	December 14	April 17
2005	November 31	April 12
2006	December 1	April 9
2007	December 1	April 22
2008	November 25	April 2
2009	December 6	April 21
2010	November 27	April 2
2011	December 5	April 24
2012	December 9	March 26
2013	November 24	May 12
2014	November 19	April 29
2015	December 19	April 10
2016	December 10	April 2
2017	November 22	April 3
2018		May 4

Best time of year to see our river otters is the spring ice out when they fish along the shore and eat on the ice.

AMA -Aquatic Management Area

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148 Acres of MN Lake Shoreline Protected
Brainerd, MN, 6/26/2004

Working through the Habitat Corridors Partnership, the Trust for Public Land (TPL) helped protect nearly a mile of critical shoreline on Clearwater Lake east of Brainerd, including the headwaters of the Nokasippi River. Like hundreds of other Minnesota camps and resorts, Presbyterian Clearwater Forest was established long before the rapid growth of lakefront development threatened the water quality and shoreline habitat of many of Minnesota's lakes. With the help of TPL, the camp will retain ownership of 148 acres of untouched northern shoreline forest while committing the land to long-term protection through a conservation easement to be held by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Fisheries as an Aquatic Management Area.

The camp, located on some of the region's most valuable lakeshore property, was established fifty years ago to serve Presbyteries throughout Minnesota, Northwest Wisconsin and the Dakotas. Nearly 4000 youth and adults participate in the camp's programs every year. Financial pressures forced . . .

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What is an AMA?
MN DNR AMA Plan