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<br />.. <br /> <br />input to this part of the project. These studies continue <br /> <br /> <br />to indicate that with proper controls the effects of <br /> <br /> <br />additional snow are probably minor and difficult to <br /> <br /> <br />separate from other weather related effects, natural <br /> <br /> <br />cyclic change in specie populations, and other more <br /> <br /> <br />immediate man-made impacts. Public questions have <br /> <br /> <br />centered primarily on flood and avalanche hazards, snow <br /> <br /> <br />removal and inconvenience questions, and opinions of <br /> <br />probable local disbenefit for the benefit of people far <br /> <br /> <br />downstream. <br /> <br />'~",! <br /> <br />Experiences from the Pilot Project and other experiences <br />are indicating approaches to resolving these questions <br />include early public planning involvement, longer-term <br />environmental studies, more active avalanche control, <br />and participation of local groups in the operating <br />decisions. <br /> <br />About 10 percent of the proposed project budget would <br /> <br />be dedicated to environmental and social studies. <br /> <br /> <br />University and local groups have shown an abiding <br /> <br />interest in pursuing studies on this subject through to <br /> <br />more def ini te conclusions. Short-term, partial investi-. <br /> <br /> <br />gations are not providing all the needed answers. The <br /> <br />33 <br />