Board supports no wake on lower Ichetucknee

Commission offers FWC ‘no opinion’ on personal watercraft.

Cathy Rieker, who lives in Three Rivers Estates in Columbia County, said she hasn’t been on the Ichetucknee River for a year after nearly being hit by personal watercraft three or four times in her kayak. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)
Cathy Rieker, who lives in Three Rivers Estates in Columbia County, said she hasn’t been on the Ichetucknee River for a year after nearly being hit by personal watercraft three or four times in her kayak. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

The push to idle down speeds on the lower Ichetucknee River has unanimous support from the Suwannee County Commission too.

After the Columbia County Commissioners backed a citizen petition to request a…