Weather Modification Authority
Description
The powers and duties of the weather modification authority are set out in N.D.C.C. Chapter 61-04.1 and include the power and duty to conduct weather modification operations to include the control, alteration, and amelioration of weather elements, including man-caused changes in the natural precipitation process, hail suppression or modification, and alteration of other weather phenomena, including clouds, temperature, wind direction, and velocity, and the initiating, increasing, decreasing, and otherwise modifying by artificial methods of precipitation in the form of rain, snow, hail, mist, or fog through cloud seeding, electrification, or by other means to provide immediate practical benefits.
Weather Modification in Williams County is conducted by the ND State Water Commission's Atmospheric Resource Board. View the 2020 Annual Report here.
Details
Qualifications: Williams County resident
Compensation: $100 per meeting + actual expenses
Created by: N.D.C.C. § 61-04.1-27
Members: 5
Length of Terms: 5 years
Members
Member Name | Term Length | Term Ends |
| Jeff Knox, Chairman | 5 Years | 11/6/2025 |
| Paul Weyrauch, Vice Chairman | 5 Years | 11/6/2025 |
| Cierra Aamodt, Treasurer | 5 Years | 11/6/2025 |
| John Hovde | 5 Years | 11/6/2025 |
| Christian Marshall | 5 Years | 11/6/2025 |
Point of Contact
Lindsey Harriman, Williams County Communications & Research Analyst, WMA Secretary
P.O. Box 2047, Williston, ND 58802-2047
(701) 577-4557