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North Dakota

Hail Suppression, Rainfall Augmentation

Project Includes These Counties:

McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams, Bowman, and Severe Weather Management Association (portions of Slope Co.)

Sponsors:

Participating counties and State of North Dakota

Atmospheric Resource Board

Alberta, Canada

Hail Suppression

Project:

Alberta Hail Suppression

Sponsor:

Alberta Severe Weather Management Society

Alberta Hail Suppression Project

Wyoming

Snowpack Augmentation

Project:

Wind River Range, Sierra Madre/Medicine Bow Mountains

Sponsors:

Eden Valley Irrigation and Drainage District, Wyoming Water Development Commission

Idaho

Snowpack Augmentation

Projects:

Upper Snake River Basin, Wood River Basin, Boise River Basin, Payette River Basin

Sponsors:

Idaho Power Company, High Country Resource Conservation and Development, Idaho Water Resource Board, Water Districts 1, 37, 63, Idaho Ground Water Association

Colorado

Snowpack Augmentation

Projects:

Eastern San Juan Mountains, Western San Juan Mountains, Telluride and Dolores River Basin, Gunnison River Basin, The Grand Mesa, Upper Colorado Rockies, Vail, Beaver Creek Ski Areas, Never Summer Mountains

Sponsors:

There are forty entities that sponsor wintertime ground based cloud seeding. Ski areas, water districts, irrigation districts, cities, towns and counties are the local sponsors. At a state and regional level grants and technical assistance come from the Colorado Water Conservation Board. Southern Nevada Water Authority, Central Arizona Water Conservation District, and California Six Agency Committee, Jackson County Water Conservancy District

Utah

Snowpack Augmentation

Projects:

Central/Southern Utah, Tooele County, West Box Elder, East Box Elder/Cache County, South Slope High Uintas, West Uinta Mountains, Emery/Sanpete

Sponsors:

Tooele County and Central Southern Project, Utah Water Resources Development Corporation, Bear River Project, Bear River Water Conservancy District, Cache County, West Uintah Mountains, Weber Basin Water Conservancy District, South Slope Uinta Mountains, Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Duchesne County Water Conservancy District, Uinta Water Conservancy District, Emery/Sanpete Project-Propane, Emery Water Conservancy District

Utah Division Of Water Resources

Nevada

Snowpack Augmentation

Projects:

Tahoe-Truckee, Carson, Walker Basin, Ruby Mountains, Spring Mountains, Santa Rosa Mountains

Sponsors:

Southern NV Water Authority, Truckee River Fund, Western Regional Water Commission, Bureau of Reclamation

DRI Cloud Seeding Program

California

Precipitation Augmentation

Projects:

Lake Almanor, Tahoe-Truckee, Upper American River, Upper Mokelumne River, North Fork Stanislaus, Tuolumne River, Walker River, Upper San Joaquin River, Kings River, Kaweah River, Kern River, Santa Barbara County, San Gabriel River, Middle Fork American River, Santa Ana River Watershed Weather Modification Pilot Program

Sponsors:

Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Desert Research Institute, Turlock and Modesto Irrigation District, Southern California Edison Company, Kings River Conservation District, Kaweah Delta Water Conservatory District, North Kern Water Storage District, Santa Barbara County, Northern California Power Agency, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Los Angeles County, Placer County Water Agency, Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority

California DWR

Texas

Rainfall Augmentation, Hail Suppression

Project and Sponsors:

Seeding Operations and Atmospheric Research (SOAR) Program, Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District, West Texas Weather Modification Association, South Texas Weather Modification Association, Trans-Pecos Weather Modification Association, Edwards Aquifer Authority