Coast Guard scheduled to break ice in Green Bay

Recreational users of ice should exercise caution

CLEVELAND — The U.S. Coast Guard is advising Green Bay, Wis., area residents who recreate on the ice that a U.S. Coast Guard cutter is scheduled to break ice between the Marinette/Menominee Harbor breakwall and Ports de Mortes Passage on Tuesday and Thursday of next week.

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Mobile Bay will be breaking ice to allow commercial vessels access to Menominee Harbor.

Recreational users of the ice should plan their activities carefully, use caution while on the ice and stay away from this area of operations. All ice fishermen should remove their ice shacks and equipment from these areas.

Further inquiries should be made by phone to Sault Vessel Traffic Service at 906-635-3232, or via email at sootfc@uscg.mil.

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