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Record visitation to Horsetooth Reservoir and an increased number of paddleboarders, kayakers and canoeists at the reservoir west of Fort Collins has prompted officials to separate motorized boaters from those activities due to close calls, injuries and rescues that have escalated in recent years.
To separate the groups, Larimer County Department of Natural Resources created a paddlecraft-only zone on the west side of the Satanka Bay, the reservoir s northernmost cove, limiting motorized boats to the east side of the cove.
The cove is popular with paddlers.
“This separation of boaters and paddlecrafts is an effort to increase public safety while decreasing rescue response due to high visitation and the increased number of paddlers on the water at the reservoir,” Mark Caughlan, Horsetooth Reservoir District manager, said in a news release.
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