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<br />Operational Plan: <br /> <br />1. A Description of the Objectives of the Proposed Project. <br /> <br /> <br />The nature of the proposed program is to augment natural precipitation <br /> <br /> <br />within the project area to provide improved snowpacks and additional <br /> <br />water supplied for storage and beneficial use. The operational <br /> <br />technology and procedures utilized in this program were derived <br /> <br /> <br />from previous snowpack augmentation programs operated in Colorado, <br /> <br />specifically: The Climax and Wolf Creek research programs, the <br /> <br />colorado River Basin.Pilot project and the last 22 winters' programs <br /> <br /> <br />operated by WESTERN WEATHER CONSULTANTS in the Central Colorado <br /> <br /> <br />and San Juan Mountains. <br /> <br /> <br />The objectives of the project are to increase snowpacks in the <br /> <br />drainage basins of all major mountain massifs in the project area <br /> <br /> <br />which should result in increased run-off into the storage systems in <br /> <br />these basins and result in an additional water supply for agricultural, <br /> <br /> <br />industrial or domestic use along with an additional snowpack for <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' tareei'area c~nsists ot the 'desicnated ski 'area ot the <br />Telluride Ski and Galt eoapan, (See attached aap). <br />The areas reasonably expected to be attected by the project are <br />thoseareas approxiaately above 9,000' M~S.'L. inside aDd iuediately <br />ad.jacent to the ski area in the upper San Miguel . drainage basin and <br />the upper.ost ridces i.aediatel, downwind of the target area (See <br />attached aap). <br /> <br />,.Description of How the <br />1) Office Location: <br /> <br />Pro1ect Will be Implemented and Carried Out. <br />WESTEaN WEA'IREP. CONSULTANTS <br />1102 Co. .Rd. 220 <br />Durango, CO 81301 <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />2) Weather Data Available: <br />The National Facsimile Circuit and National Weather Service <br />teletype systems will provide regular gove=ent weather data <br />including surface and upper air weather data, synoptic surface <br />and significant Upper level maps and wind data frOm rawinsondes <br /> <br />4 <br />