A cloud-seeding proposal from a California company to increase winter rainfall and mountain snowpack in four Southern Oregon counties has triggered questions from residents about potential environmental impacts and how the operation would be monitored.
Rainmaker Seeks Permission for Cloud Seeding in Southern Oregon
California-based Rainmaker Technology Corporation has applied to the Oregon Department of Agriculture for permission to conduct a winter cloud-seeding program affecting parts of Jackson, Josephine, Douglas and Klamath counties as part of a research and development project.
The operation would use autonomous drones and manned aircraft to release silver iodide and an organic ice-nucleating agent into viable clouds between November 2026 and May 2027.
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