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<br />01/04/08 12:50 FAX 818 543 4685 <br /> <br />_~OLORADO RIVER BOARD <br /> <br />~003 <br /> <br />P,age 2 <br />The Honorable Barbara Boxer <br />December 12,2007 <br /> <br />Modification Program (WDW) implemented a successful model for combining local, state, and <br />federal resources in providing a means for scientific evaluation of operational rainfall, snowfall <br />enhancement, and hail suppression projects in California, Colorado, Nevada, North Dakota, <br />Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah. The Board supports this cooperative federal-state research model. <br /> <br />In correspondence to the Secretary of the Interior, the seven Colorado 'River Basin states <br />recommended implementation of an expanded weather modification progr31n as part of a <br />package of actions to prepare for and respond to shortage conditions. Covering about one- <br />twelfth the area of the coterminous United States and including parts of seven states and Mexico, <br />the river basin is a major source of water supply for urban and agricultural areas throughout the <br />arid Southwest. The Colorado River has historically provided about half of the imported water <br />used in Southern California. <br /> <br />Passage of S. 1807 in the 110th Congress is key to the establishment of a comprehensive and <br />coordinated national weather :mitigation policy and to the funding of weather mitigation research. <br />This legislation has the support of the Family Farm Alliance, the Western States Water Council, <br />the Weather Modification Association, the North American Weather Modification Cotincil, and"a <br />myriad of local interests including: ground water management districts, water conservation <br />districts, water and sanitation districts, agricultural interests, and munici,pal and county <br />governments. <br /> <br />This Board respectfully requests that a member of your staff contact Ms. J a111ie Moore of Senator <br />Hutchison's staff to add your name as a cosponsor to S. 1807, and help move this important <br />legislation forward in the 11 Oth Congress. Please do not hesitate to contact me at (818) 500-1625 <br />should you have any questions. <br /> <br />Thank you in advance for your consideration of this request. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />~~-~~~ <br /> <br />.,:.' e aldR. Z' an <br />Executive Director <br /> <br />cc: Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison <br />284 R~ssell Senate Building' <br />Wa.shington~ DC 20510 <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />t <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />