Call for Action to Protect Lake Bottom Habitat from Enhanced Wakes
Wisconsin Lakes and the LWA Call for Urgent Action to Protect Lakebed Life from Enhanced Wakes See it happen – watch this 45sec video Operating between 9 and 12 mph, […]
Category: Recreational Impacts
Joint Press Release – Why 700′ Shoreline Buffer for Enhanced Wakes
Wisconsin Lakes and the Last Wilderness Alliance are calling for urgent action to protect shoreline and people from enhanced wakes. Wake-surfing boats produce intentionally large wakes that require far more […]
Pro Wakesport Industry Bill Could Drop Monday – Possible Public Hearing on Tuesday
Is the Legislature trying to ram through a pro wakesports industry bill by limiting public input? Indications are a bill could be introduced Monday, August 25 and a public hearing […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Bill would limit regulation of wakesports; remove local authority to manage impacts
AB656/SB680 fails to provide meaningful standards and prohibits local governments from being stricter, while allowing them to be weaker The bill Wisconsin Lakes reported on in October was formally introduced […]