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Nevada Cloud Seeding Program

Nevada

active

Purpose

Snowpack enhancement

Precipitation augmentation

Seeding Methods

Aerial

Ground-based generators

Funding

State legislature ($1.2 million over two years)

Primary Targets

Mountain snowpackLake Tahoe BasinRuby Mountains

Notes

Desert Research Institute (DRI) has been the primary operator and research body for Nevada's cloud seeding activities.