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Great Idea · 08-22-2006, 10:36 AM

GWood,

Your on to the real reason the number of visitors are down. The percpetion of out of staters and even local state visitors is that Winni has become too crowded and "dangerous". Too little enforcement not too much.... they don't feel its a safe place. Further when they come people can be rude and don't pay any attention to the boating laws. How do we know this? We have talked to dozens and dozes of folks about it and the reasons above have been given across the board. Many of our friends will no longer come on the weekends to see us because they just don't like all the boats on the water ignoring the 150' rules. Another theme we have heard often is that the lake just isn't as scenic as before with all the houses being cut into the hills. Many of them commented that the water is losing it's clarity as well. We all know this is largely from all the building and resulting run off worsened by all the rain we had. I realize many of you will jump on me for this post yet whether you agree with it or not we are having a significant perception problem regarding Winni. A growing negative perception of the lakes area is what is keeping people away. If you want the lake to take care of you (economy etc) then you have got to take care of it in return. Protecting this resource is the way to protect your pocket.

08-22-2006, 10:36 AM	#10
Great Idea Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 38 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Your on to something.... GWood, Your on to the real reason the number of visitors are down. The percpetion of out of staters and even local state visitors is that Winni has become too crowded and "dangerous". Too little enforcement not too much.... they don't feel its a safe place. Further when they come people can be rude and don't pay any attention to the boating laws. How do we know this? We have talked to dozens and dozes of folks about it and the reasons above have been given across the board. Many of our friends will no longer come on the weekends to see us because they just don't like all the boats on the water ignoring the 150' rules. Another theme we have heard often is that the lake just isn't as scenic as before with all the houses being cut into the hills. Many of them commented that the water is losing it's clarity as well. We all know this is largely from all the building and resulting run off worsened by all the rain we had. I realize many of you will jump on me for this post yet whether you agree with it or not we are having a significant perception problem regarding Winni. A growing negative perception of the lakes area is what is keeping people away. If you want the lake to take care of you (economy etc) then you have got to take care of it in return. Protecting this resource is the way to protect your pocket.