BOARD02267

• Board Meeting Date: 5/27/1968
• Description: Agenda or Table of Contents, Minutes, Memos
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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in view of the statement by the National
Academy of Sciences in their report of 1965
to the effect that the average precipitation
increase achieved by weather modification oper-
ations conducted in the past has been on the
order of 10 to 20 percent - one additional inch I
of precipitation over the Upper Colorado Basin
would indeed bo a modest increase. Such an
operation would cost about $1 million on an
annual basis.

In conclusion, I would like to remind you
that Interior's responsibility for national
management of our water resources extends
throughout the entire hydrologic cycle. This
involves a broad spectrum of scientific endeav-
or and imposes the requirement upon the Depart-
ment for competency in many areas. Coordination
and integration of these skills into a program
Which will provide sufficient water to care for
our future demands is an important part of our
national progress.

Management of atmospheric water resources
will require a carefully conceived forceful
attack. We cannot be content with half-hearted
efforts to accomplish our mission to satisfy
our national needs in management of the atmos-
phere for man's benefit. We must be prepared
to invest in instrumentation, equipment, and
manpower at an unprecedented level if the job
is to be done properly.

Our program is an evolving one designed
for flexibility to permit changes as dictated
by our growing knowledge and experience. We
have enlisted the aid of outstanding intellects
to make maximum use of the best of available
facilities. It is our aim to proceed aggressive- I
ly toward the goal of practical application of .
weather techniques as rapidly as is consistent
with good engineering practices.

Rather than to attempt to describe any
portions of our going program in detail, I have
a movie which was made by the Bureau of