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<br />. Approximately 10-15% of the budget to conduct new programs should be devoted to <br />evaluations of the effectiveness of the ne\\' programs. Two gencral types of evaluations <br />should be considered: statistical (e.g. historical target/control analyses) and physical (e.g. <br />chcmical analysis of snow to detect the presence of silver associated with the release of <br />the silver iodide seeding agent). Additional evaluations of existing programs arc not <br />proposed sincc the program sponsors and/or operators are currently pcrforming their own <br />evaluations. <br />. Additional simulations of impacts of assumcd seeding increases on streamflow should bc <br />performed. Such simulation \vork should be 11 part of any design studies conductcd for <br />potential new seeding areas. <br />. It is rccommended that a multi-year research program be conducted to determine the <br />effectiveness of propane seeding in generating increases in prccipitation over large scale <br />areas the size of typical operatiol/al winter programs. It is rccommended that thc funding <br />for this rcsearch program be obtaincd from federal sources and consequently the costs of <br />conducting such a research program are not included in the cost estimates contained in <br />Scetion 15. <br />. It is rccommended that the Seven Basin Statcs support any Congrcssional Hills that relate <br />to the dcvelopment ofa "coordinated national weather modilication rcscarch program" <br />such as that proposed in HR 2995 and S 517. <br />. The Upper Basin States should develop coopcrative agreemcnts that feature thc <br />dcvelopment ora "basin-willc water augmentation via cloud sceding program:' <br />. Representatives of the Sevell Basin Statcs should consider convening an ad hoc <br />committee to develop the scope of a short-tenll (3 year) program to augmcnt and fund <br />some of the existing opcrations and dcvelop and fund some of the potential ~ <br />programs. <br />. Representatives of the Scven Basin States should consider beginning discussions <br />regarding cost-sharing and administration of new programs and augmentation of existinl! <br />programs. <br />