Lake Tahoe area short of cash for cloud seeding
By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal
With winter approaching and governments struggling through fiscal difficulty, researchers are in search of money needed to squeeze a little extra moisture from snowstorms.
The Desert Research Institute in September secured a promise of up to $100,000 from the Western Regional Water Commission to fund a cloud-seeding program for the Lake Tahoe area. In late October, the DRI plans to seek a larger contribution from the Truckee River Fund, which is administered by the Truckee Meadows Water Authority.
It’s part of an effort to continue a 25-year-old program nearly killed when the 2009 Legislature pulled state funding that was going to the DRI. A last-minute pitch to water purveyors saved the program last winter, and now officials are trying to line up the money needed during the winter of 2010-11.
No snow ,no doe! where’s the big time resorts donation on this white gold investment…..even if you make snow you need something to replace what you take.
What good is the mountain investments for bigger lodges,longer runs,faster lifts,with out the white gold dump?
This is very important to the mountain economy,can you afford a 5 buck snowman donation keep the peaks white?