Wake Boats Coalition – Focus on Local Control
Wisconsin's Green Fire, October 14, 2024
Wake Boats & Wisconsin Lakes – October 14, 2024 News Release
“Wisconsin Coalition Hails Local Efforts Regulating Wake-Enhanced Boats”
Our work as a coalition continues to advance a science-based approach to protect Wisconsin lakes from harmful effects related to wake-enhanced boats. On October 14, 2024, the coalition shared this news release, focusing on local efforts by Wisconsin towns and lakes groups to protect their lakes. Over the last year, local regulation related to wake boating has greatly increased. To date, there is no state-level legislation regulating wake-enhanced boating activities.
Read the full Oct. 14 news release here.
The coalition continues to grow.
Current members of the coalition include the following 26 organizations and groups:
- First Chapter Muskies, Inc.,
- Walleyes for Tomorrow,
- Headwater Chapter Muskies, Inc.,
- Diamond Lakers, Inc.,
- Trout Unlimited Inc.,
- Yahara Fishing Club,
- Vilas County Lakes and Rivers Association,
- Lakes at Stake Wisconsin,
- Last Wilderness Alliance,
- Wisconsin Wildlife Federation,
- Wisconsin Lakes Association,
- Wisconsin’s Green Fire,
- Sawyer County Lakes Forum,
- Buffalo County Conservation Alliance,
- Mondovi Conservation Club,
- Oneida County Lakes and Rivers Association,
- Burnett County Lakes and Rivers Association,
- Oneida County Clean Waters Action,
- Izaak Walton League of America – Wisconsin Division,
- Wisconsin Trappers Association,
- Washburn County Lakes and Rivers Association,
- Winnebagoland Conservation Alliance,
- Friends of the Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit,
- Musky Fool Fly Fishing Company,
- Lake George Lake Association,
- Chippewa Flowage Area Property Owners Association.
More from Wisconsin’s Green Fire on wake boats:
The work of the coalition is grounded in our literature review, “The Effects of Wake Boats on Lake Ecosystem Health” published in May 2024.
Read about the coalition’s policy positions on wake boats here, shared in September 2024.
Contact us with your questions or thoughts about our work on wake boats and protecting Wisconsin’s lakes and other waterways!
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