STATE LEVEL

Relevant Wisconsin Statutes (coming soon)

Wisconsin DNR handbook on Boating Laws

Wisconsin DNR regulation regarding removal of “all water” from ballast tanks on removing a boat from any Wisconsin lake

LOCAL LEVEL

Township of Bass Lake, Sawyer County WI Hazardous Wake Ordinance

Township of Round Lake, Sawyer County WI Hazardous Wake Ordinance

Township of Hayward, Sawyer County WI Hazardous Wake Ordinance

Hayward, Wisconsin, News article describing hazardous wake ordinance (August 9, 2022)

Hazardous Wake Ordinances, Round Lake, Bass Lake, Hunter in Sawyer County

Mequon Ordinance – Ord. 90.5b, prohibiting: “Any device, including water sacks, ballast or submersible wing, which is being used to cause a boat to operate in a bow-high manner, or to increase or enhance a boat's wake. 

Communities Limit Bigger Wakes – May 31, 2010 article in Milwaukee Journal Star re wake surfing ordinance in Mequon and Thiensville

WISCONSIN REGULATORY AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS RE WAKE SURFING

Results of Wisconsin Conservation Congress-- Wake Surfing Resolutions, March 2022

Wisconsin NRB Proceedings Sept 28, 2022
Testimony and NRB discussion about wake surfing. Wake surfing portion at 1:00:40 to 1:33:10.

Wisconsin NRB Proceedings Oct 26, 2022
Testimony and NRB discussion re wake surfing. Wake surfing portion of the NRB proceedings begins at 1:55 and extends until about 2:10.

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