Vaseux-Bighorn National Wildlife Area

Vaseux-Bighorn
Réserve nationale de faune de Vaseux-Bighorn
National Wildlife Area
Country Canada
Province British Columbia
Coordinates 49°16′41″N 119°00′00″W / 49.278192°N 119°W / 49.278192; -119Coordinates: 49°16′41″N 119°00′00″W / 49.278192°N 119°W / 49.278192; -119
Area 812 ha (2,006 acres)
Animal California bighorn sheep
Founded 1979
Management Canadian Wildlife Service

Vaseux-Bighorn is a National Wildlife Area in British Columbia, Canada, primarily set aside to protect winter rangeland for California Bighorn Sheep.[1] Situated 25 kilometres (km) south of Penticton, B.C., between Oliver and Okanagan Falls, Vaseux–Bighorn includes the following six distinct management units:[2]

  • Irrigation Creek Unit
  • Southeast Uplands Unit
  • Northeast Uplands Unit
  • Westside Unit
  • North Wetlands Unit

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Vaseux Protected Area". Environment Canada. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
  2. ↑ "Vaseux–Bighorn National Wildlife Area Management Plan" (PDF). Environment Canada. Retrieved 2015-03-09.


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