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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.