WEBINAR: Let’s be Salt Wise!
Join Allison Madison of Wisconsin Salt Wise to learn how salt use is impacting our lakes & rivers and what to do about it By Wisconsin Lakes staff A WISCONSIN […]
Category: Lake Policy
A Big Coalition to Fight Damage from Big Wakes
A bipartisan partnership of over 60 lake organizations, fishing groups, landowners, environmentalists, and others make up one of the largest coalitions to protect Wisconsin’s waters By Wisconsin Lakes staff The […]
Will Your Lake Organization Join the Call?
Groups around Wisconsin are coalescing to call for reasonable limitations on enhanced wakes to protect the safety and environment of Wisconsin’s lakes By Wisconsin Lakes staff Wisconsin Lakes is partnering […]
Wisconsin Lakes Joins Coalition Calling for WDNR Aid on Local Wakesports Ordinances
On behalf of four other organizations, WI Lakes appears before Natural Resources Board offering suggestions on how the Dept. of Natural Resources could aid in local ordinance development By Michael […]
New Walleye Regulation on the Minocqua Chain
Natural Resources Board approves change to catch and release regulations for walleye on Minocqua chain – Change went into effect May 7 Reposted from WI Dept. of Natural Resources The […]
All Three Wake-Related WCC Spring Hearing Questions Pass Overwhelmingly
Voters in the Wisconsin Conservation Congress Spring Hearings Voted In Favor of Enhanced-Wake Related Questions By A Margin of Over 3 to 1 By Michael Engleson, Wisconsin Lakes Three citizen-submitted […]
Wake bills fail to move in WI Legislature
With the Legislature concluding work for the year last month, any hope for meaningful statewide standards for wakesports is on hold until 2025 By Michael Engleson, Wisconsin Lakes Executive Director […]
Wakesports Legislation Update
No hearings yet, but some positive movement on AB655/SB680? Here’s what we know on wakesports legislation in Wisconsin headed into the holiday break By Wisconsin Lakes With Wisconsin legislators mostly […]
You’ve Got (a lake district notification) Email!
Act 62 Allows Lake District Official Notifications to be Sent by Email By Wisconsin Lakes staff Earlier this month, Governor Evers signed SB85 into law, creating 2023 Act 62, which […]
Second wakesports bill would protect Wisconsin’s lakes
Using standards from the recent Wisconsin Conservation Congress resolutions, Sen. Andre Jacque’s proposal provides a compelling alternative to AB656/SB680 Wisconsin Lakes Supports this Proposal (with the condition noted below) Sen. […]