Idaho Power needs snow. They can have ours, as far as I’m concerned. Instead they seed the clouds.
“We wanted to enhance the snowfall from a front that was passing through,” Idaho Power Director of Water Management Roger Fuhrman said. “Our goal is to get as much from each storm system as possible.”
The company relies on snowfall upstream of Brownlee Reservoir for enough water to generate electricity at the three-dam Hells Canyon Complex.
Not So Fast 