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The water resources of the Snake River Basin (both surface and ground) are being stressed by drought, population growth , and increasing demands by agriculture, cities, and recreational activities.  Therefore, the High Country Resource Conservation and Development Council conducted a winter cloud seeding program to augment snow packs.  The target areas are the Upper Snake River Basin and those watersheds draining into Water Basin 31.  The program began in 2007, we are now in our fourth season of successful cloud seeding.  This seasons program will began in November 2010 and will continue to April 30, 2011 and was contracted

out to Clark County and Let it Snow, Inc.

  Cloud Seeding Donations for Last Years 09-10 project:

A&B Irrigation District East Cassia SWCD Mud Lake SWCD
Bannock County East Side SWCD New Sweden Irrigation District
Bingham County Enterprise Irrigation District North Bingham SCD
Bingham Ground Water District Fall River Rural Electric Cooperative North Fremont Canal Systems, Inc.
Birch Power Company Fremont County North Side Canal Company, LTD.
Bonneville County Fremont County Snowmobile Club Power County
Central Bingham SWCD Fremont-Madison Irrigation District Progressive Irrigation District
City of Ammon Henrys Lake Foundation Reno Ditch Company
City of Arimo Idaho Falls Power/City of Idaho Falls Southwest Irrigation District
City of Iona Idaho Irrigation District Teton Irrigation & Manufacture Co.
City of St. Anthony Jefferson County Twin Falls Canal Compnay
City of Sugar City Jefferson-Clark Ground Water District Water District 1
Clark County Madison County West Side SWCD
Clark County Water District #32-C Madison County Farm Bureau  
Clark SCD Madison SWCD  

 

  Results of Snake River Basin Cloud Seeding 09-10:

  IDWR perspective on weather modification said there is conceptually

  defensible and documented success.  It is difficult to quantify  the

  effectiveness because so many variables exist.  Success of the program

  relies on the quality of the program as well as it's operators. 

 

  The North American Weather Consultants, Inc.  prepared results from

  regression equations developed for the operational uppers snake river cloud

  seeding program. The results showed the northern region ranged from 2%

  additional snow pack. While the eastern region ranged from 3-4% of additional 

  water content. 

 

  4For a PDF copy of the published results click the link above on the left side.

  Future Goals for the Snake River Basin Cloud Seeding:

  • $150,000 to be raised for next year's cloud seeding project
  • Continue to partnership with Idaho Power
  • Hire an intern to help with fundraising
  • Add additional SNOTEL research sites
  • Expand into Wyoming to increase water shed coverage

  What is cloud seeding?

Cloud seeding is a proven tool to increase precipitation

and numerous evaluations have indicated that cloud seeding , when properly applied, can produce precipitation increases up to 10% or greater.  Cloud seeding is a form of weather modification. It can be used to disperse fog, suppress hail, or control winds, but is most often used to increase precipitation. It introduces other particles into a cloud to serve as cloud condensation nuclei and aid in the formation of precipitation.

 

 

 

  Click the following link to North American Weather Consultants, Inc. for more information about cloud

  seeding as well as other test plot results.

 

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