Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission Makes Final Decision On Use Of Motorized Water Craft On The Tongue River

Print

The Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission at its meeting last week in Helena established "no wake" restrictions for motorized watercraft, including jet skis or personal water craft (PWC), on a portion of the Tongue River and on the Tongue River Reservoir. The ruling creates a 300-foot-wide no-wake zone extending around three-quarters of the shoreline on the northeast and west sides of the reservoir. Also, no-wake restrictions apply to five bays: Rattlesnake Point, Camper Point, Pee Wee Point, Cormorant Bay and the cabin site area on Corral Creek. The Commission also acted to make the Tongue River from the Wyoming state line to the reservoir a no-wake stretch of the river. These actions go into effect immediately. The Commissioners asked Tongue River PWC riders to voluntarily honor quiet nighttime hours between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m., indicating that if the users weren’t able to do so voluntarily that the Commission may act to further limit PWCs and institute quiet hours.