Underwater Obstructions

Brian,

Can the lake district get involved with placing buoys on the lake in specific known rocky areas to warn boaters who are not familiar with the water. We are constantly towing eople when simple warning bouys would have caused them to avoid the problems. How about a few bucks for safety for a change.

Please advise
thanks
Larry Schauder
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Hi Brian,

A township can mark navigational hazards by simply applying for a waterway marker permit. There is no need to write an ordinance as is the case with slow-no-wake or swim area bouys.

The only other requirement would be that the bouy would have to meet the legal requirements for marking.

(milk jugs, etc are not legal markers and that is why they are removed by wardens)

It would need to be a white bouy with orange stripes and a diamond shape in the middle marking a danger area.

Let me know if I can be of further assistance.

P Jeremy J. Plautz

Conservation Warden Supervisor
Madison Enforcement Team Bureau of Law Enforcement
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
(608) 275-3318
Jeremy.plautz@dnr.state.wi.us