WMOD00263 ‎(2)‎

• Applicant: CWCB
• Sponsor Name: USBR
• Project Name: Response to RFP
• Title: Numerical Simulations of Snowpack Augmentation for Drought Mitigation Studies in the Colorado Rocky Mountains
• Prepared For: USBR
• Prepared By: Joe Busto, CWCB
• Date: 8/20/2003
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Application

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5. Project Management

Joe Busto, CWCB Flood Protection and Weather Modification Permitting Section, will
be the Project Manager for the proposed research study under the Reclamation WDMP,
and be the point of contact between the CWCB and Reclamation. He will participate in
research study coordination and meetings with Reclamation. Also, he will oversee the
administration of the grant funds at the CWCR

Curt Hartzell will assist Joe Busto in the program management, closely overseeing
activities to ensure that the program objectives are being achieved. He will coordinate
project activities between the CWCB, the CSU research team, and the Denver Water
Department operational program's cloud seeding contractor, WWC/Larry Hjermstad.

Dr. Bill Cotton as the PI for the proposed research study by the CSU team, will
participate in the overall WDMP proposal team, viz. CWCB Program Manager Joe
Busto, CWCR Consultant Curt Hartzell, and WWC Manager Larry Hjermstad. Dr.
Cotton will also serve as overall administrator of the CSU Team's activities. He will see
that proposed tasks are performed on schedule, assist in the preparation of draft quarterly
and annual reports, and ensure that the CSU tasks stay within budget. He will be assisted
by administrative assistant Brenda Thompson who will compile and edit the draft
quarterly and annual reports. She will also monitor all CSU work task expenditures and
provide Dr. Cotton evaluations of expenditures.

Larry Hjermstad will manage the cloud seeding operations for the DWD seeding program
and the Vail Ski Area seeding program.

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