{"id":39180,"date":"2022-03-18T11:38:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T18:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=39180"},"modified":"2022-03-18T11:38:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T18:38:01","slug":"weather-modification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/weather-modification\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather Modification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Weather Modification | Our Land\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k1pGbz9rmCo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3.18.2022 &#8211; <\/strong>As drought continues to grip the western United States, some communities are trying to modify the weather\u2014and New Mexico state officials have received two recent applications to attempt cloud seeding. One application was withdrawn last fall after community members opposed it. Now, the Roosevelt Soil and Water Conservation District is hoping a summertime cloud seeding operation might bring rain to parched farm and ranch lands in eastern New Mexico. The district declined requests for interviews, but correspondent Laura Paskus spoke with Gary Walker with Seeding Operations &amp; Atmospheric Research (SOAR), about its application before the state, and also with Hannah Riseley-White, deputy director of the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Environment Correspondent:<\/strong> Laura Paskus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guests:<\/strong><br>Gary Walker, Seeding Operations &amp; Atmospheric Research<br>Hannah Riseley-White, deputy director, NM Interstate Stream Commission<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For More Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ose.state.nm.us\/ISC\/isc_weather.php\"><em>Weather Control and Cloud Modification<\/em><\/a><em> &#8211; <\/em><em>New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission<u><\/u><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/portal.knme.org\/show\/our-land-new-mexicos-environmental-past-present-and-future\/\"><em>NMPBS Video App<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lp.constantcontactpages.com\/su\/woyxJ21\/ourland\"><em>Subscribe to Our Land Weekly<\/em><\/a><em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3.18.2022 &#8211; As drought continues to grip the western United States, some communities are trying to modify the weather\u2014and New Mexico state officials have received two recent applications to attempt cloud seeding. 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