{"id":59493,"date":"2018-05-11T18:25:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-12T00:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/lake-nighthorse-delays-motor-boating-until-may-19\/"},"modified":"2018-05-12T00:25:28","modified_gmt":"2018-05-12T00:25:28","slug":"lake-nighthorse-delays-motor-boating-until-may-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/lake-nighthorse-delays-motor-boating-until-may-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Nighthorse delays motor boating until May 19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=1bda0568-2cdc-4e6f-9b23-eeffd48ee2ca&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1085\" alt=\"Motor boats will not be able to launch until May 19, a four-day setback from what was originally scheduled.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Motor boats will not be able to launch until May 19, a four-day setback from what was originally scheduled.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Jerry McBride\/Durango Herald file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>The city of Durango announced a four-day delay in the start of motorized boating on Lake Nighthorse.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is repairing the parking lot where the boat ramp is located, and work won\u2019t be finished by the previously announced date of May 15. Instead, residents will have to wait until May 19 to launch large and motorized craft from the boat ramp.<\/p>\n<p>Lake Nighthorse will still be open daily for paddling and non-motorized, hand-launched watercraft from 8 a.m. to 6 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>During the delay, there will be a complimentary inspection to obtain a certified seal to enter the lake. The inspection runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 15 through May 18 at the Lake Nighthorse entrance station.<\/p>\n<p>Boats that don\u2019t have an exit inspection document and white receipt from another area reservoir will need an inspection to visit Lake Nighthorse to ensure invasive species aren\u2019t allowed in.<\/p>\n<p>Boats that have recently visited Navajo Lake will be required to have their motor flushed to decontaminate the vessel before entering the lake.<\/p>\n<p>Out-of-state motorized watercraft are permitted at Lake Nighthorse but will undergo a high-risk inspection and possibly delayed entry depending on the findings of the inspection.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\">asemadeni@ durangoherald.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Complimentary inspections will be offered during delay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28,2216],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-59493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-headlines","tag-lake-nighthorse"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59493"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=59493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}