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<br /> <br />22 <br /> <br />Lake Mohave - Accomplishments of the Native Fish Work Group <br /> <br />From earlier meetings involving the Bureau of Reclamation, Fish and Wildlife <br />Service, National Park Service, Arizona Game and Fish Department, Nevada <br />Department of Wildlife, and Ariwna State University, a Management/Research <br />Plan identified objectives, methodologies, and coordinated the berm modification at <br />Yuma Cove creating a razorback sucker spawning cove in Lake Mohave, In <br />JanuaI)', 1991, Yuma Cove was stocked with 90 spawning razorback suckers for "on- <br />site" production. Young suckers produced at Yuma Cove will be moved to a larger <br />rearing facility at Davis Cove and aIlowed to grow to a length of 25-30 cm before <br />being released into Lake Mohave. The efforts this year and in the next 5 years is <br />to produce and release a minimum of 10,000 razorback suckers measuring at least <br />2S em in length into Lake Mohave to augment the existing population. <br /> <br />Central Arizona Project <br />New Waddell Dam Operations <br /> <br />A key feature of the Central Arizona Project (CAP) is New Waddell Dam <br /> <br />and Reservoir, which is currently under construction, This reservoir is located just <br /> <br />northwest of the Phoenix metropolitan area and will serve as the primaI)' regulatoI)' <br /> <br />storage facility for the CAP. Colorado River water will be pumped into and <br /> <br />released from the reservoir via the Waddell Pumping-Generating Plant (P-G Plant). <br />