The state of Nevada is celebrating that its beloved Cave Creek Reservoir, located in Cave Lake State Park, is now back at full capacity. This is wonderful news as the lake had been dry for nearly five years as crews worked to repair and upgrade the nearly ninety-year-old dam that makes the lake possible.
In addition to repairing the aging dam, the Nevada Division of State Parks expanded the spillway, increased storm capacity, and repaired the low-level buttress.
Perhaps even more impressive, crews are restocking the lake with 17,000 fish in an effort to recreate and encourage the healthy ecosystem that existed before the work was done. The workers also erected two hundred artificial habitats on the lake that will assist with reestablishing the fish population…