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VLSA Accomplishments

Since its beginning in August of 2016, the Vaseux Lake Stewardship Association has enjoyed numerous accomplishments.

Listing the most recent first, VSLA accomplishments include:

  1. ALR Exclusion Application Denied – August 2020 – for removal of 1.2 hectares (2.97 acres) of land from the Agricultural Land Reserve and to oppose the development of 35 campsites on the eastern shore of Vaseux Lake succeeds!
  2. Water Quality Analysis Grant – Spring 2020 – In the spring of 2020, the Vaseux Lake Stewardship Association applied for and received a $6000.00 grant from the Okanagan Basin Water Board to conduct >water quality analysis on Vaseux Lake over a two year period.
  3. Love Your Lake Program – Complete spring 2020 – Brought the Love Your Lake program to Vaseux Lake at no cost, which then provided a free report of their findings to all home owners.
  4. $1000 grant for Boat Launch Cleanups – Spring 2020 – Local residents who care about their lake and its environs have typically taken responsibility for trimming back overgrown bushes, killing poison ivy and removing garbage (e.g. beer bottles/cans, food wrappers and even human feces) left by day-use visitors at Vaseux Lake boat launches.
  5. Our 1st Corporate Donor! – Noble Ridge Vineyard and Winery donated $1000.00 to the VSLA!
  6. $383,701 Approved for Wetland Funding – June 2019 – Seven years after the construction of the Okanagan Falls Sewage Treatment Plant, the RDOS approved $383,701 in funding for the Okanagan Falls Constructed Wetland in June 2019, thanks in large part to VLSA unrelenting persistence in the matter.
  7. New Boat Launch Opened on Highway 97 – Summer 2018 – After flooding occurred and left massive deposits on the west side of Highway 97, the VLSA received funding to open/clear the adjacent shoreline area of Vaseux Lake to permit rototiller access. The rototiller is needed to address Vaseux Lake’s significant milfoil problem. The clearing resulted in a new boat launch.
  8. $25,000 Grant for Water Quality Study – February 2018 – Phase 2 at Vaseux Lake will determine what is influencing the water quality and siltation. Aspects being considered are adjoining land uses, existing septic disposal systems and stormwater runoff.
  9. Shuttleworth Creek Dredging – June 2017 – Siltation from Shuttleworth Creek has created two new islands at the north end of Vaseux Lake in the last few years. Dredging of Shuttleworth Creek hadn’t been done for 15 years until 2014, and then again this spring. Continued dredging should decrease further island formations.
  10. Boat Launch/Fire Access Cleared on Sundial Road – Although there were always supposed to be TWO access points to the water from Sundial Road on Vaseux Lake for firefighters, the easternmost access was allowed to grow over. This has been rectified.
  11. New Signage Stressing Vaseux as a NON-Motorized Lake – Despite signs warning lake users that Vaseux Lake is NON-motorized, meaning neither gas NOR electric boats are permitted, every year we see motorized boats on the lake. The new signs are vibrant and should better inform lake users.

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