DILLON, Colo. (AP) — A few winters ago on the frozen shore of Dillon Reservoir, Dan Burnett was surprised to meet a sailing all-star, Buddy Melges, whom Burnett learned was on a family skiing trip...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee had 32 boating-related deaths in 2020, the most in 37 years, wildlife officials said.

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency reported an increase in...

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Two water trails in Michigan have been given national recreation designations that are expected to increase public access to outdoor opportunities.

LAUREL, Md. (AP) — A potentially harmful algae bloom has prompted warnings for people to exercise caution when kayaking or boating a reservoir in Montgomery and Howard counties in Maryland....

FRANKFORT, Mich. (AP) — A dog treading water nearly four miles offshore in Lake Michigan has been rescued by a family out on a boating trip.

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says it's getting many complaints about illegal use of the state's fishing access areas and littering and parking problems at...

MISHAWAKA, Ind (AP) — Many Indiana residents have taken up boating as a way to safely enjoy the summer amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Northern Indiana manufacturers of RVs and recreational...

MIAMI (AP) — A boating safety organization is working with the U.S. Coast Guard to develop a program to safely dispose of expired flares.

The Sea Tow Foundation announced Tuesday that it is...

KITTERY, Maine (AP) — The Maine Marine Patrol is warning boaters in the state it will be looking for anyone violating state laws about operating vessels while under the influence during the...

PITTSBURGH, Penn. (AP) — Pennsylvanians caught boating under the influence could face stiffer penalties as support for stricter laws grows in the state Legislature.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New boaters in New Hampshire can soon get certified online.

Under state law, anyone age 16 or older who operates a motorboat over 25 horsepower on New Hampshire waters...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife is working to return portable toilets to fishing accesses across the state.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The state of Maine will allow boaters to operate without a 2020 registration until April 30 this year, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife said.

GILFORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire State Police-Marine Patrol Unit has canceled two meetings on boating safety for Lakes Region boaters due to concerns about the new coronavirus.

GILFORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire State Police-Marine Patrol Unit is holding two meetings on boating safety for Lakes Region boaters.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A divided Iowa Supreme Court concluded Friday that a central Iowa recreational lake that owners tout as the state’s largest private lake isn’t private at all because it is...

A Mississippi company accuses a rival firm of stealing its idea for a double fishing seat by making prototypes in China and then selling its version on Amazon and other online sites.

BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — A yearlong fight has failed to eradicate an invasive aquatic plant from a Mississippi lake.

Officials announced Friday that they've found giant salvinia remaining in...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency has created a new app to help boaters and paddlers navigate Lake Tahoe's expansive waters.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — An assessment team is taking a look at a river in North Carolina to see if boaters, rafters and fishermen can use it again.

PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) — Boating enthusiasts have been slow to return to the Lake Michigan shoreline in northwestern Indiana after a chemical spill killed thousands of fish and prompted the temporary...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state is moving to require safety training for anyone operating a motor boat.

Under legislation signed into law last week by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the state will...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ginny Nelson's business outfitting Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness trips was one of many thrown into chaos in January when a new online system for reserving a chunk of...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hennepin County officials say they still don't know why more than 170 people got sick after boating near Big Island in Lake Minnetonka last weekend.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Officials say the number of people reportedly sickened while boating around Big Island on Lake Minnetonka over the Fourth of July has grown to nearly 120.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Officials say air is leaking from the inflatable dam used by Waterloo to raise the Cedar River level for summer boaters.

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker's press secretary says the governor received a warning for speeding during a boating trip on Geneva Lake in Wisconsin.

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — A national park and a nonprofit group plan to spend $8 million to improve boating facilities and address environmental damage along the Snake River in western...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has reopened a 22-mile section of the Osage River for recreational boating.

The patrol said Friday the river from Lock and Dam 1...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — State officials are warning people using Michigan's lakes, rivers and streams to exercise caution due to higher than normal water levels on many of them.

PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — The Latest on an Arizona brush fire near metro Phoenix (all times local):

8:05 p.m.

Authorities have reopened an Arizona highway closed due to a brush and grass...

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Those headed to the city of Biloxi on the Mississippi coast will now be able to borrow a life jacket before they hit the water.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Boating season on the Erie Canal is opening with the dedication of a new tugboat named after women's suffrage movement leader Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — It won't take effect in time for this summer's boating season, but a bill aimed at preventing the spread of invasive aquatic weeds in New Hampshire lakes is headed to the...

BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — Officials are reopening boating in part of a Mississippi lake, as they continue fighting an invasive aquatic plant.

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Officials say two boating deaths have occurred over two days in the Florida Keys.

The Miami Herald reports that 38-year-old Hector Emmanuel Rodriguez Sr. died Sunday,...

MIAMI (AP) — The Coast Guard is cracking down on illegal boating and fishing charters and terminated several joy rides over the weekend around the area of Miami's Ultra Music Festival.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming lawmakers took another step toward lowering the state's legal limit for boating under the influence of alcohol after debating Thursday whether to exempt people using...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife is reminding waterfowl hunters to remove hunting blinds from state waters of Lake Champlain.

The deadline is Feb. 15 for removing such blinds, which hunters use to shield themselves from animals. Meanwhile, hunters have until May 15 to take down blinds on inland waters.

LUCEDALE, Miss. (AP) — Officials in Mississippi say five people have been rescued after running into problems while canoeing on a river.

George County Sheriff Keith Havard told WLOX-TV that the people on the water Sunday ranged in age from 17 to the mid-30s.