{"id":1954,"date":"2026-06-11T09:41:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/responsiblewakes.org\/?p=1954"},"modified":"2026-06-11T09:41:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:41:52","slug":"wakesports-rules-take-effect-june-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/responsiblewakes.org\/?p=1954","title":{"rendered":"Wakesports Rules Take Effect June 11"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, <strong>June 11, 2026,<\/strong> the amended wakesports rules from the Agency of Natural Resources take effect. RWVL thanks all of you involved in this effort for your continued support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>These rules<\/em> <em>protect twelve additional lakes from the impact of wakesports, and add:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>500-Foot Buffer Zone: <\/em>On all inland lakes, wakesports must remain at least 500 feet away from the shoreline, swimmers, boaters, anglers, loon nests, moored boats, and docks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Mandatory Decontamination:<\/em> Boat launch greeters may require vessel decontamination to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The interactive map below shows which lakes permit wakesports and which do not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Green<\/strong> markers show lakes that&nbsp;<strong>allow<\/strong>&nbsp;wakesports. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Red<\/strong> markers show the lakes that&nbsp;<strong>do not allow<\/strong>&nbsp;wakesports.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click on a marker to learn more about a lake, and to see a map of its wakesport zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1d8x2miKlN9FXdnV-Y3cKiTuq3r1BlII&amp;ehbc=2E312F\" width=\"1020\" height=\"720\"><\/iframe><\/align=\"center\">\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"list\"><strong>Lake List<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>Lake<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>Total<\/strong> <strong>Acres<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Wakesports Allowed?<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>CHAMPLAIN<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">278400<\/td><td>Yes (border lake)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>MEMPHREMAGOG<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">5966<\/td><td>Yes (border lake)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>MOORE RESERVOIR<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">3181<\/td><td>Yes (border lake)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>BOMOSEEN<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">2360<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>HARRIMAN <\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">2040<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>SEYMOUR<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">1769<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>WILLOUGHBY<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">1687<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>CARMI<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">1402<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>COMERFORD<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">1093<\/td><td>Yes (border lake)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>DUNMORE<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">985<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>ST. CATHERINE<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">904<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>WATERBURY REZ<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">839<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>GREAT AVERILL<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">828<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>CASPIAN<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">789<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>SALEM<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">764<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>CRYSTAL<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">763<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>ARROWHEAD<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">760<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>MAIDSTONE<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">745<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>ISLAND POND<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">626<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>NORTON POND<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">583<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>ECHO (Charleston)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">550<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>MOREY<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">547<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>HORTONIA<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">479<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>LITTLE AVERILL<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">467<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>FAIRLEE<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">457<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>SHELBURNE POND<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">452<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>FAIRFIELD POND<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">446<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>GROTON<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">422<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>MOLLYS FALLS REZ<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">397<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>JOES POND<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">396<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>HARVEYS<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">351<\/td><td>Yes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>PEACHAM POND<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">340<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>HOLLAND POND<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">325<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>PARKER<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">250<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>WINONA<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">248<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>IROQUOIS<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">243<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>ELMORE<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">219<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>MILES POND<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">215<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>SHADOW (Glover)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">210<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>DERBY<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">207<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>SUNSET<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">202<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>EDEN<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">194<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>SADAWGA POND<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">194<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>WRIGHTSVILLE REZ<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">190<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>EAST LONG POND<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">188<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>NEAL POND<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">185<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>RESCUE<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">184<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>ELLIGO<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">174<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>PENSIONER POND<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">173<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>LITTLE<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">162<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>NEWARK POND<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">153<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>LAMOILLE<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">148<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>SABIN (Woodbury)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">142<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>GREAT HOSMER POND<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">140<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>BROWNINGTON POND<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">139<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>FOREST<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">133<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>SHADOW (Concord)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">128<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>COLES POND<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">125<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>CEDAR<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">123<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>RAPONDA<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">121<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>BALD HILL POND<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">108<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>ECHO (Plymouth)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">104<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>SOUTH POND<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">103<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>SPECTACLE POND<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">103<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>GREENWOOD<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">96<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>RICKER POND<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">95<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>VALLEY<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">88<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>HALLS<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">85<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>MARTINS POND<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">82<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>AMHERST<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">81<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>METCALF POND<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">81<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>CENTER POND<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">79<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>CHIPMAN LAKE<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">79<\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>Total<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">318087<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>Lakes open for Wakesports<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><\/td><td>22 <br>(18 inland and 4 border)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>Lakes protected from wakesports<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><\/td><td>51<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>Total<\/strong> <strong>acres  on wakesports<\/strong> <strong>lakes<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><\/td><td>306,663<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>Total acres on protected lakes<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><\/td><td>11,424<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>Percent of total protected lake acres<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><\/td><td>4%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dec.vermont.gov\/watershed\/lakes-ponds\/vermont-use-public-waters-rules\/wakeboats#Where%20can%20wakesports%20occur%20(including%20a%20list%20of%20wakesports%20eligible%20lakes)?\">Wake Sport Zone Maps: <\/a>The Department of Environmental Conservation has published maps showing where wakesports would be allowed on 18 Vermont inland lakes. <a href=\"https:\/\/dec.vermont.gov\/watershed\/lakes-ponds\/vermont-use-public-waters-rules\/wakeboats#Where%20can%20wakesports%20occur%20(including%20a%20list%20of%20wakesports%20eligible%20lakes)?\">Take a look at your own lake.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, June 11, 2026, the amended wakesports rules from the Agency of Natural Resources take effect. RWVL thanks all of you involved in this effort for your continued support. These rules protect twelve additional lakes from the impact of wakesports, and add: The interactive map below shows which lakes permit wakesports and which do not. 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