It is in the Prairies Ecozone[3] of Palliser's Triangle and the area around the lake has a knob and kettle landscape with poor drainage that, during years with heavy spring run-off or rains, is known to flood.

Its watershed is north of Gooseberry Lake and west Moose Mountain Creek.

It's good for the province, good for the environment, good for downstream, other producers and waterways," said Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart.The project involves more than 73,000 ha (180,000 acres) of land and is the largest single agricultural drainage approval project in the province's history.

It gives farmers control over thirty gated culverts that will help funnel excess water off fields and into Moose Mountain Creek.

The culverts can also hold water back when the river levels are high.