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. A plan should be developed, incorporating adequate controls and statistical design, for regular monitoring of the silver content of terrestrial and aquatic organisms and soils throughout-the target a:r;ea. Dr. Smith, in addition to his snowpack and forest studies, will identify a group of experts and establish an expert working group to determine the state of existing knowledge in these areas. This working group will debate the existing knowledge, pooling their combined experiences, to develop a comprehensive, best estimat e of the probable impacts in this area. They will also recomluend what should be done to extend the existing knowledge to a level adequate for a complete assessment. The primary inputs from the design study will be rates, total amounts, times, and expected fall-out locations of the seeding agent. 3.5.3 Wildlife . Full advantage should be taken of the North Kings pilot study of a complete- deer management program. Active consultation should be undertaken with California Department of Fish and Game personnel to determine how the possibility of weather modification might be incorporated into the North Kings pilot project. . Although it is possible to make general predictions about the response of deer in the Sierra Nevada, full evaluation is possible only on the basis of detailed knowledge about the present condition and migration pattern of each herd, the condition of its sumtner and winter range, and the specific pattern of snowpack modification expected in each of the dee r sub -units. The California Department of Fish and Game seems the logical entity to conduct such a study. . In conjunction with the study of deer migration routes recommended, a study should be made of the potential effect of weather modification on browse dynamics along migration routes and on deer winter range in the Sierra Foothills. Observation and evaluation of 15