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<br />PREFACE <br /> <br /> <br />: I f <br /> <br />002390 <br /> <br />This final report is submitted by the Weather Modification Program Office <br /> <br /> <br />of the Colorado State Department of Natural Resources to the Division of <br /> <br /> <br />Atmospheric Resources Research, Bureau of Reclamation. It fulfills <br /> <br /> <br />reporting requirements of Cooperative Agreement No. 9-07-85-V0027 for <br /> <br /> <br />which activities were undertaken between May 1979 and June 1982. <br /> <br />The agreement resulted from the mutual interest of the State of Colorado <br /> <br /> <br />and the Bureau in acquiring and expanding knowledge on weather <br /> <br /> <br />modification for precipitation management. Tasks included cooperative <br /> <br /> <br />preparation of comprehensive weather modification research and <br /> <br />development plans for activities within Colorado; coordination with other <br /> <br /> <br />involved states, agencies, and institutions with interest in increasing <br /> <br />streamflow in the Colorado River and adjacent river basins; conducting <br /> <br />activities of mutual interest to the state and Bureau, including citizen <br /> <br /> <br />participation; and recommending state-oriented planning-type research <br /> <br />needs. Work was conducted concurrently with state regulation activity. <br /> <br />The report addresses snowpack augmentation because of the current <br /> <br /> <br />interest in its application in Colorado for both commercial projects and <br /> <br />the Bureau's proposed Colorado River Enhanced Snowpack Test (CREST). The <br /> <br /> <br />purpose of CREST is to augment the flow of the Colorado River to meet <br /> <br /> <br />United States water obligations to Mexico and the growing demand for <br /> <br /> <br />wat er in the basin. <br /> <br />The first chapter recommends research needs of particular interest to the <br /> <br /> <br />state in future planning for the use of weather modification in Colorado <br /> <br /> <br />to augment snowpack and increase streamflow. Chapter II traces the <br /> <br /> <br />development of Colorado legislation governing cloud seeding. Chapter III <br /> <br />i <br />