NOTICE OF INTENT TO MODIFY
NATURAL PRECIPITATION
NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education on behalf of the Desert Research Institute, will continue to conduct a program of weather modification by artificial nucleation of clouds with silver iodide and other appropriate nucleating agents to increase useful precipitation at certain locations in the Tahoe Truckee Watershed. The director who will supervise the proposed project is Frank McDonough, Associate Research Scientist, of the Desert Research Institute. The State of Nevada is funding this project.
The area in which the ground-based equipment will be operated is in the basins of Lake Tahoe, Truckee River, and the Little Truckee River between Highway 50 and 15 miles north of Interstate 80. The target area will be the Tahoe-Truckee Watershed. The target area and the areas immediately adjacent are in the mountainous eastern regions of El Dorado, Placer, Nevada, and Sierra Counties of California, and in the western regions of Washoe, Carson City and Douglas Counties of Nevada.
The project will be operated for the 2023-24 Winter season from November through April with possible extensions through May, with the project expected to continue annually each Winter. A description of the project and mitigation measures of the proposed project to reduce any significant adverse environmental impacts may be reviewed by public agencies and the public at the following website:
http://www.dri.edu/cloudseeding.
Please direct any additional information requests or comments to:
Frank McDonough, Program Director of the Nevada State Cloud Seeding Program
Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education
Desert Research Institute- Division of Atmospheric Science
Frank.McDonough@dri.edu
Tel: (775) 674-7140
Fax: (775) 674-7007
Dated: Nov 8, 2023
Pub Dates: November 29, December 6, 13, 2023
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