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<br />00033'1. <br /> <br />2. The technical systems to accomplish the desired <br />precipitation enhancement and the manageme~t <br />techniques for beneficially integrating the technical <br />capabilities with our environment. <br /> <br />3. The major program features with schedules for <br />accomplishing regional capabilities to enhance <br />precipitation. <br /> <br />4. The necessary relationships between numerous <br />governmental agencies, universities, and private <br />groups involved in water resource development <br />and use. <br /> <br />These plans call for the development, of operational systems to enhance <br />precipitation in some areas by 1972 and to achieve a general national <br />capability to enhance or redistribute precipitation by 1985. <br /> <br /> <br />Although it may not be possible or desirable to completely implement <br />this program immediately it has been designed to make certain that <br />the immediate effort fits long term goals. <br /> <br />With this in mind our current program,designed specifically to help <br />meet our responsibilities for water supply in the West, will form <br />an appropriate foundation for a nationwide effort which is certain <br />to follow. <br /> <br />,~.~..~._;:;j <br /> <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />;$';;:"'",.,.%i- <br /> <br /> <br />II <br /> <br /> <br />:~.'."~.>;~" <br /> <br />Earlier this year the National Academy of Sciences and the National <br />Science Foundation confirmed the concept that precipitation can be <br />increased through weather modification activities. Both organizations <br />strongly recommended expansion of the research programs of the <br />mission-oriented agencies such as the atmospheric water resources <br />program initiated by the Department of the Interior in 1962. <br /> <br />President Johnson has called for stepping up theeifort to rnake weather <br />modification a practical reality. He said, "Substantial progress has <br />been made. . . . But the pace has been slow. To advance the rate <br />of progress, an effort to larger scope and direction is needed both in <br />conducting basic research and in developing means to put the knowledge <br />to work. . . ." <br /> <br />3 <br />