State parks departments get most of their money from tax allotments and private donations. But with endless droughts ravaging the US, the parks they administer are drying up and suffering from decreased tourism revenue. Donors are not happy about this.

Departments need to show their donors that they're working on improving their parks and getting more tourists, especially as it gets harder for those tourists to visit national parks. That's where Rainmaker fits in. By raising rain- and snowfall, parks departments will restore ecosystems and natural beauty in their parks over large timescales. In the shorter term, Rainmaker's ability to actually monitor the effects of cloud seeding—rather than just saying it's working—will prove to wealthy donors and state congressmen that their investments are doing something. With modest investments, departments will pull themselves out of insolvency.

States parks departments are also a small-scale, low-risk way for Rainmaker to gain legitimacy, which you can leverage into larger government contracts.

To figure out what state parks departments need from Rainmaker, we need to answer a few questions.

• How much input and control do departments want on where and when seeding happens?
• What are they already doing for long-term ecosystem revitalization?
• How often, and in what form, do donors want to see the effects of cloud seeding?
• What about state budget committees?
• Most of these parks departments are constantly struggling for money. How much are they willing to pay? Is it enough?

We can do this by interviewing as many department staff, donors, state congressmen, and other stakeholders as possible.