EFFECTIVE DATE: September 20, 2019
EMERGENCY ORDER FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AND
ENFORCEMENT OF
SLOW–NO–WAKE
FOR THE WATERS OF THE WOLF RIVER IN THE TOWN OF WOLF RIVER, WINNEBAGO COUNTY,
WISCONSIN, FROM THE MOUTH AT LAKE POYGAN TO THE NORTH COUNTY LINE WITHIN 500
FEET OF ANY PERMANENT STRUCTURE.
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, THE TOWN OF WOLF RIVER TOWN
BOARD HAS DECLARED A HIGH WATER EMERGENCY FOR THE WATERS OF
THE WOLF RIVER IN THE TOWN OF WOLF RIVER, WINNEBAGO COUNTY FROM THE MOUTH AT
LAKE POYGAN TO THE NORTH COUNTY LINE, WITHIN 500 FEET OF ANY PERMANENT STRUCTURE. THIS DECLARATION IMPOSES
SLOW–NO–WAKE ZONE
ON
THE WOLF RIVER
IN
ACCORDANCE WITH STATE STATUTE §323.11 AND 323.14
THIS EMERGENCY DECLARATION WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL THE WATERS OF THE
WOLF RIVER RECEDE TO A NONTHREATENING LEVEL.
NO PERSON SHALL OPERATE A
BOAT FASTER THAN SLOW-NO-WAKE ON THE WATERS OF THE WOLF RIVER IN THE TOWN OF WOLF
RIVER BEGINNING FROM THE MOUTH OF LAKE
POYGAN AND EXTENDING TO THE NORTH COUNTY LINE, WITHIN 500 FEET OF ANY PERMANENT STRUCTURE,DURING
A HIGH WATER EMERGENCY.
Enforcement
of this Emergency Order shall be done by the
Winnebago
County Sheriff’s Department, dnr, OR WOLF RIVER TOWN BOARD.
By order of: Randal S. Rutten, Chairperson Dated: September 20, 2019
Town of Wolf River, Winnebago County, Wisconsin