….Data from 10 years? worth of reports compiled by the DNR and reviewed by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism show 189 people have died while boating in Wisconsin, an average of 19 a year. Despite the continued concern over preventable boating accidents and fatalities, Wisconsin lawmakers tried but failed in the last session to pass laws mandating life jackets for children and cracking down on drunken boating, which is No. 5 on the top 10 list of accident causes.
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