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<br />SECTION 2 - SOCIAL, ECONO~IC AND ENVIRONMENTAL <br />ISSUES IN WEATHER!MODIFICATION <br /> <br />Olin H. Foehner, Jr., Member ASCEl <br />, <br /> <br />2.1 INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />The development of a weather!modification program requires <br />consideration of a number of interre~ated social and environmental <br />issues. The processes that op~rate to produce the weather <br />also playa major role in determining the environmental and <br />ecosystem responses. In recent ye,ars, there has been an increased <br />awareness of the possibili ty of l:ess visible and longer term <br />societal and environmental respdnses to weather modification. <br />Any modification of the weather is, in itself, and environmental <br />impact. <br /> <br />A number of very competent eqologists, economists, political <br />scientists, and sociologists have produced a large amount <br />of technical literature, on the compfex social and environmental <br />issues involved in the development and application of weather <br />modification technology. One reference to available information <br />is "The Sierra Ecology Project,: Volume Four, Bibliography <br />of the Environmental Effects of W~ather Modification", compiled <br />for the Bureau of Reclamation by the U. S. Forest Service (2). <br />i <br />The June 1979 publication, whidh contains 1,361 citations, <br />can be obtained from the National Technical Information Service, <br />Operations Division, Springfield,Virginia 22151. <br /> <br />1Supervisory Research Physical Scientist, Division of Atmospheric <br />Resources Research, Bureau of R~clamation, U. S. Department <br />of the Interior, Denver, Colorado 80225. <br /> <br />2-1 <br />