Wakeboat Reform Coalition

November 26, 2024

Join the Coalition!

As many are aware, there is now a powerful Wisconsin based coalition working to lobby Madison for wakeboat reforms that would provide minimum protections for our lakes and rivers statewide.

We’‘re now up to 43 Wisconsin based organizations, representing many different interests across our State. More importantly, these groups represents tens of thousands of Wisconsin voters.

If you are part of a lake association, fishing club, sailing club, Sanitary District, homeowners association or any other group interested in joining, please email [email protected] for more information.

Joining the coalition is free and your only obligation is to lend your support (and a logo) to our growing movement. The more groups we have, the more powerful our voice in Madison will be.

To join the Coalition, one only needs to agree with the Four Pillars (paraphrased):

  1. Wakesports to take place at least 700 feet from shore
  2. Wakesports to occur in at least 30-foot water depth
  3. Wakeboat ballast tanks to be thoroughly cleaned before moving from lake to lake
  4. Local municipalities and lake districts may enact more stringent regulations than those noted above.

To read the full policy statement, please click this link to learn more!

Members of the Coalition

Here are the current members of the Coalition to date. Reach out to us at [email protected] to join!

  1. Lakes at Stake Wisconsin*
  2. Wisconsin Lakes Association*
  3. Wisconsin’s Green Fire*
  4. Wisconsin Wildlife Federation*
  5. Last Wilderness Alliance*
  6. Wisconsin Trout Unlimited
  7. Yahara Fishing Club
  8. Vilas County Lakes and Rivers Association
  9. First Muskies Inc
  10.  Walleyes for Tomorrow
  11.  Sawyer County Lakes Forum
  12.  Headwaters Chapter, Muskies Inc
  13.  Diamond Lakers Inc
  14.  Buffalo County Conservation Alliance
  15.  Mondovi Conservation Club
  16.  Oneida County Lakes and Rivers Association
  17.  Burnett County Lakes and Rivers Association
  18.  Oneida County Clean Waters Action (OCCWA)
  19.  Izaak Walton League of America, Wisconsin Division
  20.  Wisconsin Trappers Association
  21.  Washburn County Lakes and Rivers Association
  22. Winnebagoland Conservation Alliance, representing 13 organizations
  23.  Musky Fool Fly Fishing Co.
  24.  Lake George Lakes Association
  25.  Chippewa Flowage Area Property Owners Association
  26.  Friends of the Kettle Moraine State Forest
  27.  River Alliance of Wisconsin
  28.  Muskies, Inc. Between the Lakes Chapter 20
  29.  Friends of the Black River
  30.  Great Bass Lake Improvement Association
  31.  Town of Schleswig Sanitary District 1 – Cedar Lake
  32.  Boot Lake Association
  33.  Big Cedar Lake Property Owners Association
  34. Three Lakes Waterfront Association
  35.  Pickerel Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District
  36.  Friends of Lake Mohawksin
  37.  Boulder Lake Association
  38.  Twin Lakes Preservation Association
  39.  Rock Lake Improvement Association
  40.  Friends of Vernon Marsh
  41.  Dane County Conservation League (DCCL)
  42.  Geneva Lake Association
  43.  Rutabaga Paddlesports

*denotes founding member