PARK TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- A number of Lake Michigan communities are cracking down on pier jumping.
They include Ottawa County's Park Township, site of the Holland State Park beach.
Pier jumping has been a popular pastime for decades at many Great Lakes piers.
But a number of pier jumpers have drowned or been badly injured over the years.
The Army Corps of Engineers operates and maintains most Great Lakes piers and already prohibits diving or jumping from them, but the ban isn't enforced.
The Coast Guard says 115 people drowned last year in the five big lakes, including 40 in Lake Michigan.
The Park Township board has asked its lawyers to draft a jumping ban.