The Department of Public Safety, acting in cooperation with a municipality or with an agency of the federal government, shall participate in the development and implementation of a statewide avalanche warning system and shall represent the state in the operation of that system. The statewide system shall (1) establish and maintain a service center and primary and supplementary field stations to gather information and data concerning ground weather conditions, snow pack, and avalanche activity; (2) forecast snow avalanche conditions throughout the state; (3) coordinate a public awareness program on avalanche danger; (4) catalog a comprehensive atlas of avalanche paths and slide occurrences; and (5) assist local governments and state agencies in identifying hazardous avalanche zones and in developing snow avalanche zoning regulations. The Department of Public Safety, acting in cooperation with a municipality or with an agency of the federal government, shall participate in the development and implementation of a statewide avalanche warning system and shall represent the state in the operation of that system. The statewide system shall (1) establish and maintain a service center and primary and supplementary field stations to gather information and data concerning ground weather conditions, snow pack, and avalanche activity; (2) forecast snow avalanche conditions throughout the state; (3) coordinate a public awareness program on avalanche danger; (4) catalog a comprehensive atlas of avalanche paths and slide occurrences; and (5) assist local governments and state agencies in identifying hazardous avalanche zones and in developing snow avalanche zoning regulations.
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