WMOD00319

• Title: North American Interstate Weather Modification Council - Fiscal Year 2009 Request
• Prepared By: McClintock Associates, Inc.
• Date: 1/1/2007
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: General Information

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TO ESTABLISH THE WEATHER MODIFICATION OPERATIONS
& RESEARCH BOARD AND OTHER PURPOSES (H.R. 2995)

COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD
SIL VERTHORNE, COLORADO
JULY 18,2005

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, the 109th Congress is considering House Reso]ution (H.R. 2995) that authorizes $] 0
million per year in Federa] expenditures from Federa] Fisca] years 2006 - 20]4 to enhance federal support for
weather modification, promote research and development, and provide financial assistance to private and public
entities; and

WHEREAS, the State ofCo]orado recognizes the benefits derived from weather modification through
state statutes and programs; and

WHEREAS, The Weather Modification Association and the North American Interstate Weather
Modification Council support a "coordinated national program" to further the science, understanding, and utility
of weather modification; and

WHEREAS, The Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) has statewide representation through
representatives from the eight major river basins in Colorado, the City and County of Denver, the Executive
Director of Natural Resources, the Commissioner of Agricu]ture, the Director of the Colorado Water
Conservation Board, the Director of the Division ofWi]d]ife, the State Engineer, and the Attorney Genera] of
the Colorado Department of Law; and

WHEREAS, the CWCB mission is to conserve, develop, protect and manage Colorado's water for
present and future generations; and

WHEREAS, the CWCB has recently issued seven weather modification pennits sponsored by local
water users for wintertime ground based weather modification for snow augmentation in the South Platte,
Arkansas, Colorado, Gunnison, San Miguel, and San Juan River Basins; and

WHEREAS, eighty percent of the freshwater within Colorado's state boundaries originate from snow
and the American Meteorological Society (1998), W or]d Meteorologica] Organization (200]), and the National
Academy of Sciences Report (2003) all endorse statements that there is strong physical and statistical evidence
that wintertime weather modification augments snowpack in watersheds; and

WHEREAS, Colorado Senate Bill 05-084, the "CWCB Water Projects Bill", provides $60,000 in
funding to local water users through the weather modification cost share program; and