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County hears cloud‑seeding update: drones logged radar 'seeding signatures' in La Sals; final report due after season
Summary
Green Maker Technologies presented operations data for a county‑supported cloud‑seeding pilot targeting the La Sal and Abajo ranges. The company reported 12 operations this winter, identified radar seeding signatures, and said it will deliver a final yield estimate with a season‑end report; county contributed $10,000 to the effort.
Green Maker Technologies briefed the commission on a cloud‑seeding pilot that the county helped support. Jared Smith described a shift toward radar‑based, physical validation of seeding effects (the method used in the Snowy Campaign research), and said the company has logged dozens of signatures across operations and was able to identify seeding signatures over the La Sal Mountains.
Smith said the company has flown 12…
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