May 19 - Spring gobbler season closes. Notebook Jet skis and other personal watercraft will be banned from all national parks and recreation areas after two more summers. In our area, that includes Cape Lookout National Seashore on North Carolina's Outer Banks, as well as Assateague Island National Seashore at Chincoteague. The time may be coming when jet skis either will be banned on certain public lakes or at least limited to certain sections of water. Anglers, swimmers and other boaters on lakes such as Chesdin, Anna and Smith Mountain where traffic is heavy have complained for years that jet skis are a noisy, dangerous blight on the environment.
Some states already limit jet skis to certain parts of rivers and lakes.