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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />San Juan region may be partially met by this research program. <br />Depending upon the final size of the new San Juan Research project, <br />there is a definite possibility that a portion of Satellite Area <br />No. I could be seeded under t:his demonstration-type research <br />concept with very close coordination with the research program to <br />minimize or eliminate potential interference with research activ- <br />ities. Because of the import:ance of this research to the further <br />understanding and development of wintertime weather modification <br />as a science and the large quantity of previously-collected <br />research data obtained in this region, it is our belief that <br />research should have the nwru)er one priority in the southern San <br />Juan Mountains. <br />Secondly, the other satellite areas in western Colorado are <br />upwind and relatively separate from any nearby research or <br />operational seeding. These areas could be monitored as control <br />areas, utilized for extended areas of research, or could be <br />established as additional, smaller-scale programs comparable to <br />the seeding operations and evaluation activities in the primary <br />seeding area. 'Availabili ty of sufficient program funds will <br />essentially determine what final activity will be scheduled for <br />these satellite regions. Cost estimates will be presented in <br />Section E for similar programs in each of these satellite regions. <br />A third consideration was given to some short-term research <br />activities conducted by Colorado State University (CSU) in the <br />region around and including a portion of the Park Range in <br />Satellite Area No.5. Because of the short duration each season <br />that these activities have occurred and because there is no <br />indication of long-term funding support for these activities, we <br />believe that any demonstration-type research program initiated in <br />the Park Range could incorporate the short-term CSU research <br />through conscientious coordination of both programs with little or <br />no substantial effect of one upon the other. <br /> <br />2. Program Research Seeding Requirements <br />The design of this program is based upon the technical <br />findings of wintertime research work in weather modification that <br />are applicable to Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region. The <br /> <br />-23- <br />