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<br /> <br />I <br />I. <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />Ie <br />, <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I. <br />I <br /> <br />26,429 MCM (21.424 MAF) and approximately 9.2 m (30 feet) below the top of the <br />conservation pool. Storage elevation is projected to decline to 361.0 m (1184 feet) in June <br />1994, which is 76 percent of capacity or 25,592 MCM (20.746 MAF) and approximately <br />10.7 m (35 feet) below the top of the conservation pool. <br /> <br />Drawdown during the peak largemouth bass spawning period in April and May is planned to <br />be near the limits of decline recommended in the July 1982 final report of a 5 year study by <br />the Arizona Game and Fish Department and the Nevada Department of Wildlife. Under the <br />most probable inflow scenario, no 'flood control-releases -are scheduled for 1994, but in future <br />years, as Lake Mead refills and flood control releases are again required by the Hoover Dam <br />Flood Control Regulations, consideration will be given to making these releases over the fall <br />and winter months to avoid high flow releases during the January through July runoff season, <br />This distribution of water reduces the chance of bypassing hydroelectric powerplants below <br />Hoover Dam and avoids the adverse impacts of higher flood control releases on fish and <br />wildlife, recreation, water quality, and river stabilization, <br /> <br />Lakes Mohave and Havasu <br /> <br />Mohave and Havasu Reservoirs are scheduled to be drawn down in the fall and winter <br />months to provide storage space for local storm runoff and will be filled in the spring to <br />meet higher summer water needs, This drawdown will also correspond with maintenance at <br />both Davis and Parker Powerplants which is scheduled for September through February. <br />The normal filling pattern of these two reservoirs coincides well with the fishery spawning <br />period. Since lake elevation will be typical of previous years, normal conditions are <br />expected for boating and other recreational uses. <br /> <br />Reclamation is the lead agency in the Native Fish Work Group (NFWG), a multi-agency <br />group of scientists attempting to replenish the stock of endangered razorback suckers <br />occupying Lake Mohave. Adult fish were collected from the lake and stocked into Yuma <br />Cove where rearing of razorback suckers was successful. These fish spawned and over 300 <br />juveniles were removed in the fall, about 150 of the which were tagged and released into the <br />reservoir and the remainder were placed in Davis Cove for further grow-out. This area also <br />received 10,000 fingerling razorback suckers from Dexter National Fish Hatchery, These <br />fish are growing and should be released in the fall of 1993. <br /> <br />The most significant accomplishment for NFWG and Lake Mohave razorback suckers was <br />the recapture of five of the 1992 reared fish during a multi-agency fishery survey of <br />spawning suckers in March 1993. Four of the five fish recaptured were ripe males averaging <br />36 em (14 inches) long. All four were captured in spawning areas along with other ripe <br />adults. <br /> <br />13 <br /> <br />J <br />