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BoatSafeNebraska.org | 21 (Name of water body, county of location) • Branched Oak Lake SRA – Lancaster • Garden County Refuge, North Platte River • Lincoln County Refuge, North Platte River • Dodge -Saunders County Refuge, Platte River • Boyd -Holt County Refuge, Niobrara River (Name of water body, county of location) • Beaver Lake – Cass • Bucktail Lake – Merrick • Capitol Beach Lake – Lancaster • Ginger Woods – Douglas • Hanson's Lake No. 2 – Sarpy • Hanson's Lake No. 3 – Sarpy • Hawaiian Village – Sarpy • Heron Point Lake – Merrick • Lake Oconee Estates – Platte • Lake Socorro – Colfax • Legge's Lake – Dodge • Leisure Lake – Dodge • Middle Island Lake – Cass • Morningstar Lake – Merrick • North Lake – Cass • Pine Lake – Lancaster • Sack's Lake – York • Summer Haven – Dodge • Sundance Lake – Merrick • Ventura Lake – Dodge • Villa Springs – Sarpy • Waconda Lake – Cass • Wagner Lake – Platte • Whitetail Lake – Platte • Willers Cove – Stanton • Willow Bend – Hamilton • Wolf Lake – Saunders • Woodcliff Lakes – Saunders NO WAKE AFTER SUNSET It is unlawful to operate any vessel faster than 5 mph/no wake from sundown to sunrise on the following waters: NO MOTORBOATS OCT. 15-JAN. 15 It is unlawful to operate a motorboat Oct. 15 through Jan. 15 of each year on the following state wildlife refuges: NONPUBLIC LAKE ASSOCIATIONS The following is a list of waters governed by nonpublic lake associations. All state boating laws apply. Contact the associations for special regulations. Lake Babcock, Platte County, closed to all vessels during the open waterfowl season STAY ALIVE - AVOID HYPOTHERMIA Hypothermia is a medical emergency that occurs when your body loses heat faster than it can produce heat, causing a dangerously low body temperature. Normal body temperature is around 98.6 F (37 C). Hypothermia occurs as your body temperature passes below 95 F (35 C). When your body temperature drops, your heart, nervous system and other organs can't work normally. Left untreated, hypothermia can eventually lead to complete failure of your heart and respiratory system and to death. Hypothermia is most often caused by exposure to cold weather or immersion in a cold body of water. Primary treatments for hypothermia are methods to warm the body back to a normal temperature. Since most boaters who die in water-related accidents had no intention of going into the water, avoid behaviors that cause accidental immersion. Do not stand or move around in a small boat, overload your boat or distribute the load unevenly, decelerate suddenly, allowing the stern wake to overtake and swamp the boat by washing over the transom. In case of accidental immersion in cold water, get in or on top of the boat. Most boats will float even when capsized or swamped.

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