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ANALYSIS: Most important about the results was that it reveals rural landowners have a widespread acceptance of our program. In the 2 counties never ,before participating in it, Morton and Meade, landowners are in favor by 3. 2-to-l and 2, 6-to-l, respectively. Standing out most overwhelmingly in favor are the landowners in Seward County...at 7-to-l! Of the total number either in favor or against, the percentage in favor ranges from 71% to 87.5%. The numbers of cards returned varied from county to county, ranging from 26% to 38% of the total numbers sent out. We've been told by others sampling the numbers of cards received was in the range of what would normally be expected to be returned and not an unusually low response. A degree ,of regional response can be rile a's uredby combining all counties' votes "In Favor" and "Not In Favor". The total "In Favor" is 663, whereas, the "Not In Favor" totals 213, From this we find: Of those having opinions of being "In Favor" or "Not In Favor" of joining the weather modification program, the reaional response is that 75.7 % of the rural landowners are in favor of ioining. We strongly encourage the county commissioners of the four counties surveyed to take into advisement the strong desires of their rural constituency and bring their counties into the weather modification program next year, What is needed is for funding to be ~llocated for it in the 1997 budget proceedings now in progress. It's important to remember our program is one ~hich attempts to improve the economic livelihood of the regional agricultural base. The long-term statistics indicate that on a long-term basis we are accomplishing our objectives. On a separate not~: The bad news finally broke: This past week the Colorado Water Conservation Board officially denied our request to be permitted to seed clouds in Colorado. Although we're still able to fly into Colorado, we aren't allowed to seed clouds there. we've already been flying into Colorado to me,et some advancing , &torme,to help us' determine impor,ta.nt characte!'istics "',pout them before they arrive at the state line. It'S likely that even doing only that probably drives some of them wackier than they already are. Our permit denial will be discussed more in another newsletter as well as the CBS story; maybe next week. OPERATIONS: This week ended our torrid pace of seeding operations since the Memorial Day weekend in late May. High pressure moved in over the' region bringing us much warmer temperatures and fewer thunderstorms. The few storms which did develop in late afternoons formed on the edge of the target area, or outside it, and were nearly stationary. Seeding was performed on two days in the early part and one at the end of the period. All times are COT. JUNE 29th - OPERATIONAL DAY #35: The trailing end of a cold front lay along a line from North-Central Kansas southwest to Liberal and extended further across and the Oklahoma Panhandle into the Texas Panhandle. By 4 p.m. severe storms began forming along the frontal