[5] Washoe Lake is a warm water fishery and provides a habitat for non-native Sacramento perch, white bass, channel catfish, brown bullhead and carp.

There are hundreds of migratory and resident species in Washoe Lake State Park.

Pelicans, night and great blue herons can be found on the waters of the lake.

The same high wind speeds have remained to this day and are capable of overturning commercial vehicles traveling along Interstate 580/U.S.

Highway 395, which runs along the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada, and traverses the western shore of Washoe Lake.