{"id":290,"date":"2015-02-11T07:12:38","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T07:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/?p=290"},"modified":"2014-12-28T07:14:14","modified_gmt":"2014-12-28T07:14:14","slug":"learn-waterway-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/learn-waterway-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn About Waterway Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/learn-waterway-safety\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Avoid sensitive areas and operating your watercraft in shallow waters or near shorelines at high speeds.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Always launch at a designated boat ramp. Backing a vehicle on a riverbank or lakeshore can damage the area and leads to erosion.<\/li>\n<li>Always travel slowly in shallow waters and avoid boating in water less than 2\u00bd feet deep. High speeds near shorelines lead to large wakes which cause shoreline erosion.<\/li>\n<li>Sensitive areas to avoid include seasonal nesting or breeding areas.<\/li>\n<li>Do not disturb historical, archeological or paleontological sites.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid \u201cspooking\u201d wildlife you encounter and keep your distance.<\/li>\n<li>Motorized and mechanized vehicles are not allowed in designated Wilderness Areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Hints Source: Treat-Lightly.org.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>~ Forespar Point of View Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet Avoid sensitive areas and operating your watercraft in shallow waters or near shorelines at high speeds. Always launch at a designated boat ramp. Backing a vehicle on a riverbank or lakeshore can damage the area and leads to erosion. Always travel slowly in shallow waters and avoid boating in water less than 2\u00bd feet&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/learn-waterway-safety\/\">Read more: Learn About Waterway Safety<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001004,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001004"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291,"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290\/revisions\/291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}