Cloud Seeding News Articles July 1984

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.. _ .yv.f ": �..ri:'ic:f �.)i "<i�2 r 1 +;: r, r _ t ,'3'`'i":;�;, •_; s 3 '"J � _ 'it �ke !��,i�vvv 0.. 4_. 't f - -.." fZ' -: i. :t ! �f47 L_-, f i... •.- ' `;Lamm also =was angered that the program l ®— SeeL'- ��( ' t ulditot reduce the amount of :water Colorado �. 'rr° ;1s aired to put unto the Colorado -River under' �Cra �[ i J Says t�vS r a compact with lower basin §totes L'J �"Thatiissnot the-way -we anticipate dealing, rwith the 'salinity problem," he told'G lies. By BILL. McBEAfd ; LCurrently,,Ahe cloud seeding that occurs iii ` Denver post can+toi Bureau Colorado ns pr imarily for, the staters sld indtiv try it can be :done ortty with a'' ` rtnit: and under, The' #ederal governriient calls it the biggest- - the scrutiny "of state :and l6c6-l' fficiaLs ever cloud- seeding plan for Colorado.- Gov. Dick . Kathy _Loveless,_ a spokeswom'an.'ut thVbu- s Lamm calls it "crazy - - , r , reau's Salt Lake City office 'said: the program The U.S,, Bureau of Reclamation wants to , ;would' last for! eight years and. would increase'; seed clouds over southwest Colorado's. San f: the average annual snowp j& by oitiy- T percent : Juan Mountains to increase snowpack r•.uioff i r f -Although'Holloway ackno�,vledged the pro3` into the Colorado River -- and provide core Vim_ will cause snow in an area :where Colo water for Arizona and California. M rado doesn't have reservoir facilities, he said :Lamm: heard details of the "Colorado River F: #tin" eye' s = ° a "distinct:^ poss�l?ility'r?. he prtigtarri Enhanced Snowpack Test" at Thursday morns ' co d cause increased snowfall m .the` South uig's cabinet meeting. t Platte :and Rio Gran&4hver basins, both _of '"That s' crazy, .. the governor - said.; We. r v►' provide water tti tfie );roil Range ' .i i paying.for`our. own destruction. "Roofs cave in. Durango ;• =:They miss on that cloud 'seed -- ' i ng;. it snows.in. Denver and it costs us $100,000,: . to clean p.the streets_' '..Department' of : Natural Resources Director "David Getches told Lamm:- _ It would be.;. ` the biggest attempt at cloud seeding that: Colorado's ever experienced; Irs a w test program; and we re the guinea pigs."' - -Geneses saul.he fears the program could ` suit in more. flooding,. increased silt in - reser- •,voirs, and heavy scows that could bring ava-. <. }lanche problems;: isolate ;mountain towns,_and +damage wildlife habitats �- 3> 11owever; Bureau of Reclamation spokesman - `Hpnter Holoway said he thinks the state is over v - reacting. He said it is unlikely the program, M teinded to,reduep the salinity of ttie Colorado, Rivet as ii flows through Arizona and Coioradc;-` will cause blizzards in Denver or collapse roofs in�Durango . ``People give cloud seeding much more cred- ' < ; it ;than it's due; r .Holloway said in a telephone interview: "It ,wilfnot make a small storm into ablizzaid" '.:--He said cloud seeding is most effective when done above 10,000 feet and most often is used to . get a small amount of snow from small - to mod '. erne -sized storms, which otherwise might have-'4 t bduced nothing _.:. l :` The bureau-still is `seeking money from Con- gress for the pregratn . which gives time- tor- state officials -and the Colorado's congressional ' delegation to work-on a.compromise,, .`• . 'Later;;Getches told- reporters, ' "we can't stop ; them (the Bureau bf Reclamation), but it takes'. ;. legWatiowlftet through: I think without out` . :backing it might be difficult for them " .Getches 'said the state will ask the bureau for.' control over nt when' the seeding program is m N. In addition, Colorado could as that state res not-be. forced to pay a surcharge on pow -. 4 r bills -that the bureau has proposed .as -a- way f j ofpaying for the cloud seeding. _ ":'.-:: `;::�