Thank you for your question.
Traffic on the lake has changed in recent years. We have a lot more boats, and the types of boats that are used on the lake have also evolved. For many years now, we've seen more big wake and wake surf boats. We're also seeing more paddle boards. Consequently, we're experiencing conflicting uses.
We have children playing with pedal boats near the shore, and paddleboarding and kayaking. However, big wake boats and wake surfers further out generate big waves, and we've had many complaints about that. Local residents tell us that, as a result of the big waves, they don't want to let their children swim along the beach because the situation is becoming dangerous and a problem. Then there are the issues that can be caused by shoreline erosion and oversized waves. We also receive a lot of complaints about broken equipment from people who tell us that, as a result of big waves, their boats wind up high and dry on the dock or else bump against it, thus damaging their hulls.