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Best of the West: Wildfire’s impact on home insurance; Montana’s enviro...

Published on January 10, 2019
The Western Governors' Association keeps you updated on news of the West. Here are the western stories for the week starting Jan. 7, 2019 that you don't want to miss.
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Forest & Rangeland Management

Best of the West: Wildfire’s impact on home insurance; Montana’s enviro...

Published on January 10, 2019

Watch: Western Governors’ Biosecurity & Invasive Species Initiative V...

Published on January 07, 2019
The first six months of the Western Governors’ Biosecurity and Invasive Species Initiative, the central policy initiative of WGA Chair Hawaii Gov. David Ige, has feature...
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Watch: Western Governors’ Biosecurity & Invasive Species Initiative V...

Published on January 07, 2019

Best of the West: Hawaii confronts tree fungus; Colorado’s outdoor rec pl...

Published on January 03, 2019
The Western Governors' Association keeps you updated on news of the West. Here are the western stories for the week starting Dec. 31, that you don't want to miss. Imag...
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Western Governors’ Association

Best of the West: Hawaii confronts tree fungus; Colorado’s outdoor rec pl...

Published on January 03, 2019

Executive Director’s Notebook: 2018 Top Ten list of Western Governors’ ...

Published on December 30, 2018
As Western Governors have become increasingly active and effective, it has become correspondingly more difficult to condense their annual accomplishments into a Top Ten list.&...
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Western Governors’ Association

Executive Director’s Notebook: 2018 Top Ten list of Western Governors’ ...

Published on December 30, 2018

WGA Winter Meeting Day 3: Outgoing Governors reflect, new policy resolution...

Published on December 13, 2018
Western Governors, from left, C.L. "Butch" Otter (Idaho),  Matt Mead (Wyoming), Mary Fallin (Oklahoma), Dennis Daugaard (South Dakota) and Brian Sando...
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Western Governors’ Association

WGA Winter Meeting Day 3: Outgoing Governors reflect, new policy resolution...

Published on December 13, 2018

WGA launches Task Force on Collaborative Conservation to lead proactive wor...

Published on December 13, 2018
The Western Governors’ Association (WGA) has launched the Western Governors’ Task Force on Collaborative Conservation (Task Force). The state-led effort will devel...
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Species Management

WGA launches Task Force on Collaborative Conservation to lead proactive wor...

Published on December 13, 2018

Western Governors approve policy resolutions: Cybersecurity, Foreign Visito...

Published on December 13, 2018
Western Governors formally approved four policy resolutions at the Western Governors’ Association 2018 Winter Meeting in Hawaii: Foreign Visitor Preclearance; Cybersecur...
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Western Governors approve policy resolutions: Cybersecurity, Foreign Visito...

Published on December 13, 2018

WGA Winter Meeting Day 2: Keynotes by Secretaries Perdue and Wilkie, discus...

Published on December 12, 2018
Hawaii Governor and WGA Chair David Ige
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Western Governors’ Association

WGA Winter Meeting Day 2: Keynotes by Secretaries Perdue and Wilkie, discus...

Published on December 12, 2018

Western Governors, U.S. Department of Agriculture sign MOU to address land ...

Published on December 12, 2018
Hawaii Gov. David Ige signs the MOU, as Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and WGA Vice Chair Doug Burgum look on.
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Forest & Rangeland Management

Western Governors, U.S. Department of Agriculture sign MOU to address land ...

Published on December 12, 2018

WGA Winter Meeting Day 1: A stirring voyage, the challenge of invasive spec...

Published on December 11, 2018
The Western Governors, from left: Doug Burgum (North Dakota); Mary Fallin (Oklahoma); C.L. "Butch" Otter (Idaho); Dennis Daugaard (South Dakota); Kate Brown (Oregon); Steve Bu...
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Western Governors’ Association

WGA Winter Meeting Day 1: A stirring voyage, the challenge of invasive spec...

Published on December 11, 2018

WATCH: Gov. Ige calls battle against invasive species the ‘right thin...

Published on December 10, 2018
Hawaiʻi Gov. David Ige described his state's significant work to battle invasive species as not only the "right thing," but work that makes "economic sense" at the fi...
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Species Management

WATCH: Gov. Ige calls battle against invasive species the ‘right thin...

Published on December 10, 2018

WGA-led coalition urges EPA to preserve states’ authority under Clean Wat...

Published on December 03, 2018
The Western Governors’ Association and nine other leading associations of state officials have urged the EPA Office of Water to reject any changes to agency rules, guida...
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Water

WGA-led coalition urges EPA to preserve states’ authority under Clean Wat...

Published on December 03, 2018

Western Governors support continued quarantine on emerald ash borer

Published on November 19, 2018
Western Governors urge the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) not to remove the domestic quarantine for the plant pest emerald ash borer. The emerald ash borer...
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Species Management

Western Governors support continued quarantine on emerald ash borer

Published on November 19, 2018

WGA testimony urges Congress to ‘clarify’ language recognizing states a...

Published on November 16, 2018
WGA delivered testimony before the House Speaker’s Task Force on Intergovernmental Affairs that expressed the Western Governors’ position on the state-federal rela...
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State-Federal Relationship

WGA testimony urges Congress to ‘clarify’ language recognizing states a...

Published on November 16, 2018

2018 WGA Winter Meeting in Hawaii Kicking Off

Published on November 14, 2018
WGA Chair and Hawaii Gov. David Ige is hosting his fellow Western Governors and guests at the WGA 2018 Winter Meeting this week at the Fairmont Orchid hote...
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Western Governors’ Association

2018 WGA Winter Meeting in Hawaii Kicking Off

Published on November 14, 2018

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