While the sight of a frozen river or stream may look pretty, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) is warning everyone to stay off of moving bodies of water that have frozen this winter.
Along the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg, the PFBC said when a thick crust of ice forms on rivers statewide, the phenomenon attracts curious onlookers wishing to see the ice up close, and there is a temptation to walk out onto the ice.
Unlike lakes and ponds which, when frozen with a thick layer of ice, can produce recreational opportunities such as ice fishing and skating, moving bodies of water such as rivers and streams are never safe to walk on…