Crescent Lake is home to many species of wildlife. Protecting our loons, eagles, ducks, cranes, fish, and our shoreline is essential to ensuring a good quality of life on the lake for residents and visitors. These protections are also crucial for protecting the water quality of our lake.
CLWA has created an educational program called “Wake Wise” to assist in understanding how to prevent damage caused by boats.
Conscious efforts from boaters, such as being aware of surroundings, maintaining proper speed, regular boat maintenance, and thorough cleaning can play a critical role in preserving our lake.
Wake Impacts
Shoreline erosion and degradation of water quality.
Danger to small craft on the water kayaks, canoes, paddle boards & small sail boats.
Damage to watercraft at dock or anchor.
Impact to Wildlife especially nesting loons and waterfowl.
Danger to Swimmers.
An additional threat comes from slow speed boating in shallow water less than 20’ deep.
Propeller wash stirs up sediment and the nutrient phosphorus and can cut up and spread
aquatic vegetation.
Ballasted wake boats also create a threat of transport of Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) from
lake to lake.