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<br />-;ra7(f, '. LaJPlll. says. ~'. t t ~!a,compa~~~low~r'basin!tat~"':-;-J~: .J,;;J,(;
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<br />'. ~'-:. ,_,. . _~"_-4L _ . u, -.' _,-,_~~ . f, -witbthe salinf" ,- ay we antiCipate dealino'-
<br />, BILL McBEAN '-:..' >~. . '~. ,; J:;,;;': ~ . , , :-: 'Current! ,.M ~ro~~em." .h~ to~~e.tcbes. ;";!:~ l
<br />IIW8I' Post Capitol Bureau c ;'.~ '_' _ '.,; .': -, :.- :' - t, , COlo" d '. "',. -.' e . t;~oud seeding. ~t' occurs m'
<br />. " ," . . _.._ ..:. '.'.: ," ra, ~_lSPrim3rilY for'the state's' skiindUsl~:
<br />ne:'feder3l government calls it tlle biggeS-:. - :try.It-~~done.~~witb~~~t:an~.~er-:- ,
<br />rercloud-seedingplanforCo~orado: Gov. Didl" _;. ~scrutinYOfsta~~~,lo~.~f~o.~ ~~..~~:_.t
<br />unmcalJsitucrazy." " '; ':. :.;."K~thyLov~less..:a spokeswoman m the'bu-'
<br />The U.s, Bureau of Reclamation wants.':" ~.~:~us Sal~ LaIa: City O~fj~.:~~;the ~fOgram:
<br />.-eel clouds over southwest Colorado's __ ~_ J: =uld last fo~ ~gh~ yea~an~.~~uld ~cre~
<br />Wl' Mountains to increase snowpack I'1~ :; ~ ..!r average annual ~.~<!>~~!tly 1 per~nt-; .
<br />to the Co~rado River ~ ~ p~~ :...... :;~. ~Altho~gbJlon~)Yay :~~~o)VI~~~ ~e ~~, .
<br />rater for Arizona and Califorma.' " _:.. . -::ii'; '.' ~~ Will cause snow'm~ an-area -where Cola:'
<br />,Lammheard detailS o( tlle "Colorado River-i:~:=~:~ !JaY~ !e~ryo.i~'f~cpities, ,he_said'
<br />.Dbanced Snowpack Te$" at Thursday mom-:" -: '.~':'" ~. _a -- ~c;~._~~~ilitY".:Jhe prograni:'
<br />.g"s cabinet meeting. _' OJ ..:" ,";'::'.;J ;;t. i.r~ coUld ~~~use ~':I"e~sed 'snowfall, in' the' SoutJi!
<br />:~Cs~crazyJ'" the- gOvernor 'said.' "We'le ':~~o t~! p~~"~~,li~o:_G_ran~e4"rivefJ)aSiris::boili":of
<br />lyiDg-fofour. ~wn destr1icUo.D. "Roofs cave iD~': "~'r:~~~~w~;eJ t~Jf.~ !-:~~I}!:~e.:~:?~t:~"
<br />l Durango'.;';;;.They miss on that cloud-seed-~-' " " .. .'. --~, ~~i--';.~.~~t.cq(I~
<br />1&'. it snows in Denver and it costs us $100,001__:. ,
<br />>> deaD up the streets.."' i :' , - . ,; >:::';":~'. ~~~~1: 1
<br />'D~partment'of Natural'Resources D~i:1
<br />'avid Getches told Lamm:., '0 . ..' ':, ::~!:;.~::;~'I
<br />. "It would be /. ~; the biggest attempt at cloud"'-
<br />eeding that Colorado's ever expe....ienced: It's a '.-
<br />est program, and we're the guinea pigs. "'::', ':n',~;, !
<br />,Getches said.be f~ the pro&3:ffi ~uld ~::;'I
<br />:ult in more.~. mcrea..c:ed silt m. reser~ '
<br />'oirs, and heavy_ snows that could bring ava-o', I
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<br />;~cbe ~bl~~, ~late- mountain towns;~~ 'I'
<br />damage wildlife habItats. . - .,....,.
<br />:. ilowever; Bureau of ReClamation SpOkesiDan~ !
<br />~ H~oHoloway said he thinks the state is over--"!
<br />. ~cting. He said it is unlikely the program, jn.:- - l
<br />teDded to ~ reduce the saliluty of the Co~radc) i
<br />River; as it flows through Arizona and Coloradi1;~~ ;
<br />: ~ cause blizzards in Denver or collapse roofs ~ !
<br />jn,Durango. o. ~';L -.,.,0. . . ,'. '-, ,"
<br />:. :"People give' cloUd seemng much more cred- ~
<br />: It,;than it's duet' .Honoway said in a telephone .
<br />,interview. uIt will" not make a small storm into
<br />a blizzai'd.'~' f:'" \~.:';"';'- ,',.~: j' , . ,~,-,.~ .:;i
<br />,~ ;~!He said cloud seeding is most effeCtive when'
<br />, done above 10,000 feet and most often is used to'
<br />: get a small amount of snow from small- to mod-,~_
<br />~ erate-sized sto~ whicb othe~se might have':
<br />1 prbduced nothing . - .. '. . .
<br />~ .' ;me b~au still ~'~~g rit~n~~ f~rn'C~~
<br />; gftss'- for' the- prttgtam, , which gives time- for:'
<br />: ~te offtdals and the Colorado's congressional":'
<br />i d~e"gation to ~ork-on a compromise.,: . .;~... :-. -'j'~
<br />: ,- .~ter:. Gelches_ ~old reporterS, -'"we can't stop~,
<br />-: them (the- Bureau of Reclamation); hut it takes .
<br />,~1egis1ation- to: get through; I think _\\ithout oct~
<br />. ~ itritight be difficult for them:' ,; -" -;,;;;.:
<br />:.-! _ ~etcheS said the state' will ask the bureau for'
<br />: cohtrOloved! when the"seeding program'iS iJi" .
<br />".ORKBtiOn2~J:. _:~~.f.~o" ~:jo._;':?!~ ~..-~....,._!-;:;._,!j.:::.,,~,:
<br />': ,'in addilfoJi; Colorado-cOuld ask tmii state'.& .
<br />r'...... DOt-be- forced to pay a surcharge on pOw-: .
<br />IJ er. b6JIIotJlat tbe- bureau bas pI'oposed as -a VI~'i'
<br />'. 01,.,.. far tile cIo8II seeding." .,':- ~ ~ ~h, :~!",,,,:,{
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