Waterfront Pier-Placement Rights Restored After Evers Signs 'Protect Our Piers' Bill | WSAU News/Talk 550 AM · 99.9 FM
By Liz Holbrook Jul 27, 2021 | 8:01 PM Children jump off of a pier into the Biron Flowage near Wisconsin Rapids. (Photo courtesy of Mike Spranger) RHINELANDER, WI (WSAU-WXPR) â People living on flowages in Wisconsin once again have a legal right to extend a pier from their property. That protection had disappeared after a 2018 case before the state Supreme Court. In that case, the Court revoked the right in a case involving a Price County family. Unlike natural lakes, flowage beds are privately owned, and the Court said the owners could block the erection of piers. That led to c...