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All state park launch sites require a state park permit feet from any swimmer or skin diver flag, unless the · Before boating, read and understand the laws and local Boating Violations (excessive speed, noise, etc.) at all times. Parking regulations are strictly enforced. boat is accompanying the swimmer or part of the skin ordinances of each lake. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources....800-TIP-WDNR Avoid a fine and park only in designated spaces and diving operation. · Don’t drink and drive on land or water. Alcohol absorbs Dane County Sheriff...... 255-2345 display proper launch permits. more quickly into your system on warm, sunny days. Dane County Sheriff’s Marine and Trail Enforcement Bureau Operation of motorized vehicles on icebound lakes may · Be alert to changes in the weather. Marine Radio (Call “Sheriff’s boat.”)...... Channel 16 200 FOOT require special permits and flotation. Requirements vary · Be aware of speed-restricted areas. Speed is a major Non-emergency (leave message)...... 284-6878 depending on vehicle weight and the lake. For information factor in boating collisions. SLOW NO WAKE ZONE Department of Natural Resources on requirements, inspections, and permits, call the Dane · A fire extinguisher is required for all motorboats except SLOW DOWN, YOU’RE IN THE ZONE County Sheriff’s Marine and Trail Enforcement Bureau at Weed spraying, aquatic plant and lakes management ...275-3329 outboards of open construction. Fisheries management ...... 273-5946 Within 200 feet of any shore on Lakes Mendota, Monona, 608-284-6878. · The battery must be secured and both terminals covered. Shoreline alteration permit, wetland disturbance...... 275-3208 Waubesa and Kegonsa, boaters must travel at slow-no- This is not a complete set of boating laws. Contact the · The boat registration number must be current and Conservation Wardens, boat registration information and forms, rule books, etc...... 275-3266 wake, defined as operating your boat no faster than the Dane County Sheriff’s office or a local conservation displayed, and the number certificate must be on board. minimum speed at which you can maintain steerage. State warden with additional questions. Dane County Lakes and Watershed Commission...... 267-0118 boating laws also require slow-no wake speeds within 100 Boater Safety Classes Smart boaters are safer boaters. Dane County Public Works Department...... 266-4018 feet of docks, rafts, and piers on all lakes. Personal Water · Wisconsin DNR 608-275-3266 Tenney Park locks, lake levels, weed harvesting Craft (PWC) must operate at slow-no wake speeds within Invasives www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/es/enforcement 100 feet of all other watercraft, including other PWCs, and · Madison Sail and Power Squadron 608-846-8088 Tenney Locks (Summer months)...... 266-4364 slow-no-wake within 200 feet of shore on all lakes. www.usps.org/localusps/madison Dane County Zoning Division ...... 266-4266 · U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary 608-241-8716 shoreline, floodplain and wetland zoning; erosion control and When two motorboats approach each other, each boat www.cgaux.org stormwater in Dane County townships should bear right and pass the other boat on its left. When · Dane County Sheriff Marine and Trail Enforcement Erosion Control and Stormwater Management two motorboats approach each other in a crossing Eurasian Water Milfoil and Zebra Mussel Bureau 608-284-6878 www.danesheriff.com in Dane County townships...... 266-4266 situation, the boat on the right has the right of way. When Invasive species disrupt the natural balance of our lakes by Other municipalities ...... check with individual municipality a motorboat and a muscle -propelled boat or boat under sail competing with native species and have negative Vessel Safety Check agricultural erosion control...... 224-3730 approach each other, the motorboat yields the right-of- ecological, economic, and recreational consequences. Madison Sail and Power Squadron 608-850-5192 way. A boat may overtake and pass another boat on either City of Madison Public Health Department...... 294-5356 Boaters can unknowingly spread exotics to other water U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary 608-241-8716 beach monitoring information side if it can be done safely, but the overtaking boat shall bodies as boats, trailers, and water storage areas can harbor always yield the right-of-way to the boat being overtaken. unwanted invasives. Help keep invasive species, like the At the Tenney Locks: 24-hour Spill and Environmental Hazard ...... 800-943-0003 Eurasian water milfoil and zebra mussels out of our lakes 1. Shut off motors while in the locks. City of Madison spills ...... 266-4821 Navigation lights are required from sunset to sunrise and and streams as well as ALL Wisconsin waters by 2. Keep your hands, feet, etc., inside the boat and remain Parks during limited visibility. Motorboats must have a red/green following these simple precautions. seated. Boats will move around inside the locks while City of Madison...... 266-4711 light on the bow and a white light on the stern. Non- the water level changes. TDD...... 267-4980 motorized boats must carry, and display in time to avoid a · Drain all water from your boat and trailer, including live wells, bait buckets, bilges and engine 3. Hang onto the chains provided on the walls of the lock City of Monona Recreation...... 222-4167 collision, a white light, such as a spotlight or lantern. Dane County Parks Department (V/TTY) ...... 246-3896 compartments on land. Never dump water, bait or fish chambers to help keep your boat in position. PWCs may not be used between sunset and sunrise. 4. No smoking is allowed in the lock chambers. Take a Stake in the Lakes information ...... 224-3601 from one water body into another. Other municipal parks ...... call municipality You must be at least 10 years old and accompanied by an · Wash your boat and let it dry for several days before 5. Stay in your boat. Governor Nelson State Park...... 831-3005 adult to operate a motorboat, and 16 years old to operate a using it in another lake. Inspect boat hulls, props, Dane County’s 2003 budget established a lock use fee. For Lake Kegonsa State Park...... 873-9695 PWC (see Wisconsin Boating Regulations). trailers and other equipment and scrape off any attached lock hours and lock use fee details, call 266-4364 or go to Capital Springs Centennial State Park and Recreation Area zebra mussels. Young zebra mussel adults attached to www.co.dane.wi.us/pubworks/lakes/tenneylockshours.htm ...... 224-3606 A Coast Guard approved personal flotation device (PFD) boat hulls feel gritty or grainy and are difficult to see. Green and red buoys mark the edges of the channel. In of proper size for the intended wearer is required for every They can also attach to weeds (native or invasive), so it Lake maps courtesy of: flowing water, keep the red buoy on the right side of your person on all boats, including inflatables. Boats 16 feet or is very important to clean all mud and plant matter from longer (except canoes and kayaks) must also have at least boat when traveling upstream. Always stay in the channel your boating equipment (including canoes). for safest passage. Never boat in a restricted area (swim one throwable PFD on board, such as a buoyant cushion or · Tip up outboard engines to drain cooling passages or ring buoy. PWC operators and riders must wear their PFDs areas). White and black vertical stripes show the center of flush the motor cooling system with hot water using at all times. Because materials used in PFDs deteriorate the channel. Pass close on the right side of this buoy. special “motor muffs” available at your local marina or over time, they lose their buoyancy. Make sure that your boating equipment store. PFDs are serviceable, accessible and fit! · Learn about invasives, infestations, and what you can do at www.co.dane.wi.us/commissions/lakes. It is unlawful: · to operate a motorboat at unsafe speeds for the Madison Fishing Expo is offering a $200 reward for information center danger controlled restricted informational channel (rocks, area areas conditions; leading to the arrest and conviction of persons intentionally marker shallow (slow-no (swim areas, damaging navigational and regulatory buoys on Dane County · to create hazardous wakes; areas) wake) dams, no entry) waterways. Call (608) 246-3888 with information.

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