Here we post press coverage, videos, drawings, and documents to help you understand and support the need for wake boat regulation in Vermont.
Press Coverage:
• Popp: Wake boat policy considerations, Rutland Herald, November 27, 2023
• Wake boats and their waves are getting larger, more powerful, VTDigger, October 25, 2023
• Wake boat impact, Rutland Herald, October 24, 2023
• Wake boats occupy Glover Select Board, Barton Chronicle, September 24, 2023
• Wake boats and wave physics, Times-Argus, September 15, 2023
• Wake boats, the ANR, and the Water Resources Board, VTDigger, September 15, 2023
• Wake Boats Destroy Community, VTDigger, September 13, 2023
• Managing Wake Boats in Vermont, WDEV radio, September 7, 2023
• An Open Letter to Julie Moore, Caledonian-Record, September 9, 2023
• On the Wake, Seven Days, August 30, 2023
• State needs to lead the way on regulating wake boats, VTDigger, August 30, 2023
• Forbid wake boats in Vermont, or limit them to a large buffer, VTDigger, August 29, 2023
• Proposed wake boat rule won’t do the job, VTDigger, August 23, 2023
• The insanity of fossil-fuel-gobbling recreation, VTDigger, August 20, 2023
• A 1,000-foot setback in Vermont is better for wake boats, VTDigger, August 9, 2023
• Wake boat opponents urge state officials to toughen proposed rules, VTDigger, August 2, 2023
• The great wake boat debate: Public to weigh in on proposed regulations, Vermont Public, August 1, 2023
• Wake Up: Four Letters to the Editor, Seven Days, July 27, 2023 (scroll down)
• Wake boats are a threat to our lakes and ponds, VT Digger, July 26, 2023
• Wake boat rule would favor the few while restricting the many, VTDigger, July 23, 2023
• Wake Boats: Aquatic Wrecking Balls, cartoon, Rutland Herald, July 19, 2023
• If Loons Could Talk, Montpelier Bridge, July 11, 2023
• Why give wake boat owners control of most of our lakes?, VTDigger, July 7, 2023
• For wake boats, 1000 feet of separation is right, VTDigger, July 6, 2023
• Final public meetings on wake boat regulations, Barton Chronicle, July 5, 2023
• Most Vermont lakes need protection from the impact of wake boats, VTDigger, July 5, 2023
• David Deen: Wake boat Regulation, Times-Argus, July 4, 2023
• Wake Boats Threaten Caspian Lake and Must be Prohibited, Greensboro Association News, June 29, 2023
• It’s time for an outright ban on wake boats in Vermont, News & Citizen, June 29, 2023
• 1000 feet is right for wake boats, Caledonian Record, July 1, 2023
• Wake boats are not only a nuisance, but a detriment, Deerfield Valley News, June 30, 2023
• Wake boats offer a choice between ‘bad’ and ‘really bad’, VTDigger, June 27, 2023
• Peter Shea: Fishing vs. wake boats, Manchester Journal, June 24, 2023
• Wake Boat Issue Continues to Make Waves in Westmore, Newport Daily Express, June 21, 2023
• New Proposed Wake Boat Rules Edge Toward a Compromise, Seven Days, June 20, 2023
• Who Owns Vermont Lakes? Rutland Herald, May 19, 2023
• Wake boats are a genuine threat to paddlers, VTDigger, May 5, 2023
• Wake boats damage our beautiful lakes & ponds, Deerfield Valley News, April 20, 2023
• NEK-TV Discussion of Wake Boats, April 17, 2023
• Preserving Lake Raponda, Brattleboro Reformer, April 15, 2023
• Act now to save our lakes from wake boats, VTDigger, April 12, 2023
• Caution is vital in setting rules to regulate wake boats, VTDigger, April 9, 2023
• What a Wake Boat Did to Our Dock, VTDigger, April 1, 2023
• Wake Boats and the Taking of Our Vermont Waters, VTDigger, March 27, 2023
• Campaign for Vermont TV Interview, March 20, 2023
• Vermont moves to restrict wake boats, Vermont Public, March 14, 2023
• Protect our waters from wake boats, Barton Chronicle, March 12, 2023, page 5.
• Wake Boats on Lake Iroquois, Vermont Citizen, February 23, 2023
• Wake boats are too big for Vermont lakes, VT Digger, February 23, 2023
• Wake boats draw a crowd, Barton Chronicle, February 21, 2023
• Rule would ban wake boats on Lake Raponda, Deerfield Valley News
• Wake Boat Opponents Pack Vermont Hearing on Regulation, Seven Days
• Vermont considers regulating wake boats, WVNY, February 16
• At public meeting on proposed wake boat regulations, many call for stricter limits, VTDigger
• Vermonters chime in on proposed wake boat rules, WCAX
• VTDigger, February 15, 2023
• VTDigger, February 14, 2023
• Newport Daily Express, February 13, 2023
• VTDigger, February 11, 2023
• Rutland Herald, February 11, 2023
• Vermont Viewpoint, WDEV, February 9, 2023
• VTDigger February 8, 2023
• Barton Chronicle February 8, 2023 (page 4)
• Valley News, February 7, 2023
• WLVB Radio, February 3, 2023
• Sidenote News, Thetford, February 5, 2023
• Manchester Journal January 19, 2023
Wake Boat Damage on Lake Raponda, Vermont
See the impact wake boats are having on Wisconsin’s inland lakes (video), Milwaukee Journal, August 2023
Wake Boats Educational Handout
Wake Boats and Anglers
Interview on Campaign for Vermont, March 20, 2023
Sky Spirit Swallows the Sun
What would Sky Spirit do with a wake boat?
