State sinks boating restrictions on Great Hosmer Pond

A sculler skims over Great Hosmer Pond in Craftsbury. File photo by Mike Polhamus/VTDigger
The Department of Environmental Conservation has backed away from imposing new rules that would have restricted human-powered watercraft on Great Hosmer Pond, while allowing powerboating and water-skiing.
The proposed rules would have banned rowing and sculling on the pond between 1 and 4 p.m., and again between 7 p.m. and sunrise, from late May to early September. DEC Commissioner Emily Boedecker said las