Correspondences Related to CREST and Funding of CREST Program

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THE CREST PROGRAM - - GOING TO THE areas are in the Upper Basin and SOURCE naturally produce 15 percent of the total basin's water supply. These areas, encompassing about 13,000 The source of the water within the square miles, include the mountains Colorado River System originates in_ of the Upper Green River in 'Wyoming, the alpine and subalpine watersheds the Uinta Mountains of Utah, and the of the Rocky Mountains of Wyoming, Park Range, Central Colorado, and San Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and :'Juan Mountains of Colorado. The Arizona. Most of the water comes Central Colorado Mountains can be from snowmelt -- thus, the "source of further subdivided as shown in the the source" of the Colorado River is = following figures. The Mogollon Rint snow, and.. the winter storms that region of New Mexico and Arizona has produce it. CREST was conceived to about 9,600 square miles within the go to the source to increase snowpack Lower Basin, and is the sixth major in the Colorado River Basins through runoff- producing area. .-winter cloud • s.eedi ng. -_P ., -• .; _t A fully operational program of cloud Six major areas in-the' Colorado River seeding in these areas of the Basin have been identified as Colorado River watershed could add candidates for snowpack- increase over 2 million acre -feet of water to through cloud - seeding. Five of the the river each year. CREST HIGH WATER —YIELD AREAS _ Ci Snake River UPPER GREEN... Wind River ` Great Salt PARK RANGE Lake.y No. Platte River UINTA ;r a So. Platte River Duchesne River t '8 CENTRAL COLORADO 1. WHITE RIVER PLATEAU a0 Arkansas River 2. GRAND MESA �o�a an Juan °` SAN JUAN 3. UPPER COLORADO River 4. GUNNISON lees ferry , _ Little Colo! Rio Grande River Riv. Verde MOGOLLON RIM i1 River 2 = High Water • Yield Areas