Click the link to read the article on the Wyoming Public Radio website (David Dudley). Here’s an excerpt:
April 15, 2024
During the final days of the budget session, lawmakers gave $2 million to the Wyoming Water Development Office to fund its cloud seeding program. They hope it will help mitigate the impacts of ongoing drought in the Western U.S. Rep. Jon Conrad (R-Mountain View) advocated for the program during the budget session. He urged his peers to do whatever they can to ensure that the state has enough water as upper and lower basin states clash over their use of the Colorado River. As the conflict intensifies, he said, the program is an asset.
“We know that cloud seeding has a positive impact upon snowpack, precipitation and streamflow,” said Conrad. “With the challenges that exist with our current climate, meteorological conditions and the loss of needed precipitation to sustain agriculture, etc., cloud seeding is a viable tool that continues to improve.”
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Dr. Bryan Shuman is a professor with the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Wyoming. His research expertise is in how climate change has impacted drought and water resources, and ecological processes throughout Wyoming. He said since the 1950s, Wyoming has seen a significant drop in snowfall and snowpack…
he funds will support the program through 2026.