Emergency Slow, No Wake order

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