EFFECTIVE DATE: IMMEDIATELY
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 Dated: July 4, 2024
Randal S. Rutten, Chairperson
Town of Wolf River, Winnebago County, Wisconsin