Lake Redstone Protection District
Update On Artificial Enhanced Wake Ordinance
On Monday, January 12th the Town of La Valle Board voted to move forward with an ordinance for wake-enhanced boats. It will set restrictions of 400 feet from shore and no operation of wake-enhancement boats between 6pm and 10am. There is no minimum depth restriction. The board tried multiple versions to include a depth restriction, but were unsuccessful in getting a version approved by the DNR.
The Town must complete a legal review and schedule a public hearing. After the public hearing they will have the vote to approve the ordinance.
Per studies through the years, runoff from properties around Lake Redstone accounts for approximately 40% of the sediment and phosphorus going in the lake. Sediment causes navigational problems and dredging. Phosphorus causes the green color and clarity issue.
In June and July, the first 35 feet from the lake of all 795 parcels (lake properties) on Lake Redstone were photographed and assessed per criteria for runoff prevention. This assessment was performed by Sauk County in cooperation with the LRPD,
To obtain the report on your property, you must send an email requesting it to lrpd.board@gmail.com. Your request must include your parcel number(s). The fire number/address is not useful for the identification of parcels. In part, this is because many addresses in the Sauk County database of properties contain more than one parcel. You can find your parcel number on your real estate tax bill and on your deed.
The Assessment Summary Report includes a description of:
• The criteria used to evaluate each parcel
• A description, with pictures, of the best practice methods to prevent runoff
• The scoring method used to obtain the red/orange/yellow/green ratings
• Cost-share (reimbursement) information.
As a result of a similar assessment performed in 2018,125 people asked to see the assessment of their parcel(s). Seventy people attended a workshop on understanding and addressing the assessment. Dozens of property owners have reduced or eliminated the runoff from their property, and many owners received partial reimbursement.
A workshop for property owners regarding the assessment and potential actions to be taken, was held on Friday, October 10th from 3-5pm at the La Valle Town Hall.
Geese Roundup Form
A second roundup is budgeted for next year. Per the USDA, who has been doing geese roundups in the area since 1999, this will not need to be a regular activity. If you are interested in adding your property to the permission list as a possible collection point before next year’s round up, Pease complete the Permission Form and return it to the LRPD.
The form can be mailed to:
Lake Redstone Protection District
PO Box 313
La Valle, WI 53941
Or emailed to: lrpd.board@gmail.com
For more information, please see page 7 of the Spring 2025 Newsletter
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Zebra Mussels
With the large number of outside visitors coming to the lake this summer, we would encourage residents to be diligent in looking for invasive species as you remove your boats and docks this year. A number of nearby lakes have zebra mussels. So far, we have avoided getting these in our lake.
If you suspect that you have found these or other invasives, please contact the board at lrpd.board@gmail.com.
