50 YEARS AGO

November 12, 1970 – Called “the most intensive ecological study of its kind ever undertaken,” last week the Department of the Interior announced a new phase in the Bureau of Reclamation’s cloud seeding pilot project in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. A 4-year environmental study and monitoring program will be conducted by Colorado State University, the University of Colorado, and Fort Lewis College of Durango under an $881,000 contract. This project, invo...