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<br />o Who should pay for monitoring and evaluation of <br />weather modification projects in Colorado? <br /> <br />Conunents <br /> <br />o The snow looks different when the clouds are seeded; <br />it's drier and doesn't have as ~Jch moisture. <br /> <br />o We get real strong winds whenever cloud seeding 1S <br />g01ng on. <br /> <br />o The individuals detrimentally impacted by heavier <br />snowfalls should be reimbursed for added expenses. <br /> <br />o That ski area's cloud seeding project cost me $30,000 <br />last year because I had to begin feeding my cattle two <br />weeks earlier than usual. <br /> <br />o Cloud seeding in the various states should be <br />coordinated. <br /> <br />The Role of Past Research on Current Projects <br /> <br />Major breakthroughs in technology development make new research timely. In the <br />past, Colorado has been the site of several major federally funded winter cloud <br />seeding research projects. Technical feasibility of permit applications for <br />conunercial projects in the state is judged on the findings of the following <br />three pro jec t s. <br /> <br />Climax I and Climax II were undertaken by Colorado State University near <br />Climax, Colorado from 1960 to 1965 and from 1965 to 1970. These studies <br />identified a potential snowpack increase of between 10 and 20 percent when <br />winter seeding was conducted under specified conditions. <br /> <br />The Colorado River Basin pilot Project (CRBPP) was conducted in the San <br />Juan Mountains for the Bureau of Reclamation from 1970 to 1975 as part of <br />the Bureau's Project Skywater. The CRBPP confirmed the results of the <br />Climax studies. <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />-- <br />