37 Wisconsin municipalities enact local ordinances regulating wake surfing and enhanced wakes since 2009!
The past year has been a very busy time for LWA as we have assisted nearly two dozen lake groups and their municipalities, encompassing more than 180 lakes, to pass local ordinances to protect their waterways by restricting wake-enhanced boating. This brings the total number of municipalities in Wisconsin that have enacted a local ordinance regulating wake surfing and enhanced wakes to 36 since 2009. We receive multiple contacts every week seeking help with the development and implementation of local regulations.
Towns with local ordinances are listed below. In addition to this list - the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians issued an emergency rule banning any operation of wake boats within the exterior boundaries of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation as of April 2024. If you would like help enacting a local ordinance please reach out to us on our contact page here :
Bass Lake (Sawyer County)
Boulder Junction (Vilas County)
Cable (addtl lakes, Bayfield County)
Cable (Lake Tahkodah, Bayfield County)
Cloverland (Vilas County)
Dayton (Waupaca County)
Doty (Oconto County)
Drummond (Bayfield County)
Farmington (Waupaca County)
Grand View (Bayfield County)
Harrison (Lincoln County)
Hayward (Sawyer County)
Hunter (Sawyer County)
Lake Tomahawk (Oneida County)
Leon (Waushara County)
Lind (Waupaca County)
Lyndon (Sheboygan County)
Marshfield (Fond Du Lac County)
Mequon, city (Ozaukee County)
Mount Morris (Waushara County)
Newbold (Oneida County)
Norway (Racine County)
Oakland (Jefferson County)
Plum Lake (Vilas County)
Presque Isle & Winchester (Papoose Lake, Vilas County)
Presque Isle (Vilas County)
Rhine (Sheboygan County)
Riverview (Oconto County)
Rockland (Long Lake, Manitowoc)
Round Lake (Sawyer County)
Scott (Burnett County)
Springwater (Waushara County)
Thiensville, village (Ozaukee County)
Townsend (Oconto County)
Trade Lake (Burnett County)
Winchester (Vilas County)
Woodruff (Mid Lake, Oneida County)