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<br />J i.). <br /> <br />Operational Plan: <br /> <br />1. A Description of the Objectives of the Proposed Project. <br /> <br /> <br />The nature of the proposed program ia to augment natural precipitation <br /> <br />within the project area to provide improved anowpacks and additional <br /> <br />water aupplied for atorage and beneficial use. The operational <br /> <br />technology and procedurea utilized in thia program were derived <br /> <br /> <br />from previous snowpack augmentation programs operated in Colorado, <br /> <br />apecifically: The Climax and Wolf Creek research programs. the <br /> <br />Colorado River Basin Pilot Project and the last 25 winters' programs <br /> <br /> <br />operated by WESTERN WEATHER CONSULTANTS,LLC in the Contral Colorado <br /> <br /> <br />and San Juan Mountains. <br /> <br /> <br />The objectives of the project are to increase snowpscks in,the <br /> <br /> <br />drainage basins of all major mountain massifs in the project area <br /> <br />which should result in increased run-off into the storsgs syatams in <br /> <br />these basins and reeult in an additional water supply for agricultural, <br /> <br />industrial or domestic use along with an additional snowpackfor <br /> <br /> <br />winter recreational use. <br /> <br />2. A Written Description of the Target Area and the Area Reasonably <br />Expected to be Affected by the Project. See attached Map. <br /> <br />The target area consists of the Western San Juan Mountains above 9,000 ft. MSL from the Dolores <br />River Drainage to the west to the Florida River Drainage to the east. This includes the Lower Animas <br />River Drainage around the Durango Mountain Resort Ski Area and the Hermosa.and East Fork River <br />Drainages. . ,;,.i\- -:Li ',., ~( ~ . <br /> <br />1,:.,;" < <br /> <br />TIle areas reasonably expected to be affected by the project are those areas above9,OOOft<MSL inside <br />the target area and in the uppermost ridges immediately sdjacent and downwind of the target area (See <br />attached map), <br /> <br />3. Description of How the Project Will be Implemented and Carried,Out. <br /> <br />l) Office Location: WESTERN WEATHER CONSULTANTS~~LC: <br /> <br />1102 Co. 'Rd. 220 <br />, <br />Durango, CO 81303 <br /> <br />2) Weather Data Available: <br />The National Facsimile Circuit and National Weather Service <br /> <br />teletype eystems will provids regular government weather data <br /> <br />including surface and upper air weather data, synoptic surface <br /> <br />and significant upper level maps and wind data from rawinsondes <br /> <br />4 <br />