Stewardship
Stewardship
Ecology of Vaseux Lake
Ramification Cellars is privileged to overlook a stunning natural Okanagan landscape. Here, the grapevine, the lake, and the wildlife compose the unmistakable Okanagan trinity.
This region is home to Canada’s highest species diversity and is a bird lover’s paradise with an abundant wildlife population.
The Lake
Length of Vaseux Lake: 3,800 m • Width: 800 m • Depth: 27 m
Excellent fishing for largemouth bass, rainbow trout and carp
The largest island on the lake is privately-owned: Hatfield Island
McIntyre Dam controls the lake level
No motorized vessels are permitted to operate on the lake
Endangered
Plants & Animals
The region is home to seven blue and two red-listed mammals, including California bighorn sheep, badger and Pallid bat. As well a ten red-listed plant ecosystems covering the whole spectrum from desert to wetland: Antelope brush, big sage, bluebunch wheatgrass, water birch, balsamroot, pinegrass, three tip sagebrush, red osier dogwood, Idaho fescue and marsilea.
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