Experts issue warning after noticing disturbing change in local wildlife behavior: 'Could impede their ability'

Experts issue warning after noticing disturbing change in local wildlife behavior: 'Could impede their ability'

Weeks of ice and frozen ground in central Virginia may affect local wildlife well into spring. What's happening? As CBS19 News reported, after an extreme winter storm blanketed the region in what locals called "snowcrete" in the early months of 2026, animals across Nelson County struggled in the aftermath.  Sarah Cooperman of the Rockfish Wildlife Sanctuary said typical Virginia snowfall disappears fast, but half a foot of ice that held solid fo…