A life jacket is required for each person on any boat, and children under 12 must wear one at all times. For more safety information, check out Connecticut's free online Paddle Sports Safety Course.

Officials say visitors will have to hoof it to go swimming or launch paddle boats at Abiquiu Lake this summer out of caution amid a ranger shortage and federal hiring freeze. Lisa Lockyear ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — An Au Sable River paddle boat known as the River Queen has sunk while docked outside Oscoda. Laurie Ferguson, a local photographer in the area, says in a Facebook post ...