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These changes are affected by the uses of the lake: boating and fishing. As of May 2019 there was a major change to the boating laws that may affect the type of lake habitat that is seen. The Wisconsin DNR and a poll done with the lake residents made the decision in 2019 making the lake have no wake restrictions for boaters. [4]
A coalition of Wisconsin groups has formed to support tougher state rules on wake-enhanced boating. It hopes for action in the 2025-26 session.
A nonprofit organization called Lakes At Stake Wisconsin has formed in an effort to restrict wake-enhanced boating to lakes larger than 1,500 acres.
Groups concerned about Wisconsin lakes asked the DNR to make it easier for municipalities to apply for ordinances restricting wake-enhanced boating.
Along with the upper lakes of Big Lake Butte des Morts, Winneconne, Poygan, the Wolf River and the upper and lower Fox River, it is a popular pleasure boating area. A 1989 survey of boating intensity by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources ranked the Winnebago Pool as the state's busiest inland waterway, surpassing the Mississippi River.
Today it is home to the Wisconsin wine appellation of the Lake Wisconsin AVA. [1] It was formed by the construction of the Prairie du Sac Dam, which was begun in 1911 and completed in 1914. It is part of the Wisconsin River system of reservoirs. The lake has a maximum depth of 24 feet (7.3 m). [2] It has an area of 7,197 acres (29.13 km 2). [2]
Lake Petenwell is Wisconsin's second largest lake at 23,040 acres (93.2 km 2) or approximately 36 square miles (93 km 2). It was created in 1948 by the Wisconsin River Power Company with the construction of a dam across the Wisconsin River near Necedah. [1] It has a maximum depth of 42 feet (13 m) and is used for water skiing, sailing and fishing.
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