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2018 Annual Meeting hosted by Gov. Daugaard in South Dakota will feature se...

Published on June 21, 2018
The Western Governors’ Association 2018 Annual Meeting, featuring seven Governors and an impressive array of special guests, opens Monday in Rapid City, S.D.
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Western Governors’ Association

2018 Annual Meeting hosted by Gov. Daugaard in South Dakota will feature se...

Published on June 21, 2018

WGA promotes state authority at hearing on ‘surplus waters’ before Sena...

Published on June 13, 2018
WGA delivered testimony to a Senate subcommittee that expressed the Governors' continuing "opposition" to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed rule on regulation of sur...
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Water

WGA promotes state authority at hearing on ‘surplus waters’ before Sena...

Published on June 13, 2018

Executive Director’s Notebook: Western Governors on a roll as Annual Meet...

Published on May 29, 2018
By Jim Ogsbury
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Western Governors’ Association

Executive Director’s Notebook: Western Governors on a roll as Annual Meet...

Published on May 29, 2018

WGA shares Governors’ policy on groundwater management for Senate hearing

Published on April 17, 2018
The Western Governors’ Association has submitted materials that express states’ legal authority over groundwater resources for an oversight hearing of the Senate C...
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Water

WGA shares Governors’ policy on groundwater management for Senate hearing

Published on April 17, 2018

WGA appropriations testimony advocates for state role in DOI reorganization...

Published on April 17, 2018
The Western Governors' Association advocated for a greater partnership between states and the federal government in testimony to the House and Senate Committees on Appropr...
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State-Federal Relationship

WGA appropriations testimony advocates for state role in DOI reorganization...

Published on April 17, 2018

Western Governors’ Association supports states’ agriculture, conservati...

Published on April 17, 2018
The Western Governors’ Association shared the policy priorities of Western Governors in the 2018 Farm Bill with leadership of the House Committee on Agriculture.
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Agriculture

Western Governors’ Association supports states’ agriculture, conservati...

Published on April 17, 2018

Watch Webinar: Innovative Policy for Lifelong Learning

Published on April 05, 2018
The Western Governors’ Association hosted the webinar, Innovative Policy for Lifelong Learning, on April 5, 2018 as part of a series for the Western Governors&...
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Economic Development

Watch Webinar: Innovative Policy for Lifelong Learning

Published on April 05, 2018

Western Governors’ Association advocates for Energy, Water, USDA appropri...

Published on March 30, 2018
The Western Governors' Association offered testimony on behalf of Western Governors to Senate leadership on March 30, 2018 regarding fiscal year 2019 appropriations.
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State-Federal Relationship

Western Governors’ Association advocates for Energy, Water, USDA appropri...

Published on March 30, 2018

Executive Director’s Notebook: ‘Fire borrowing’ funding victory fuele...

Published on March 28, 2018
By Jim Ogsbury The recent approval of the fiscal year 2018 consolidated appropriations bill represents a significant victory for Western Governors by providing long-term fund...
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Wildfires

Executive Director’s Notebook: ‘Fire borrowing’ funding victory fuele...

Published on March 28, 2018

Watch Webinar: Rural Workforce Development Challenges

Published on March 21, 2018
The Western Governors’ Association hosted the webinar, Rural Workforce Development Challenges, on March 21, 2018 as part of a series for the Western Governors’ Wor...
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Economic Development

Watch Webinar: Rural Workforce Development Challenges

Published on March 21, 2018

Watch the WGA Western Working Lands Forum

Published on March 16, 2018
The Western Governors’ Association hosted the inaugural Western Working Lands Forum on March 15-16, 2018. The forum examined challenges of cross-boundary planning among ...
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Environmental Management

Watch the WGA Western Working Lands Forum

Published on March 16, 2018

WGA’s ‘Top 50 Invasive Species in the West’ offers first regional rep...

Published on March 15, 2018
The Western Governors’ Association list of the “Top 50 Invasive Species in the West” delivers the first-ever regional assessment of this environmental challe...
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Species Management

WGA’s ‘Top 50 Invasive Species in the West’ offers first regional rep...

Published on March 15, 2018

WGA recommends policy to promote voluntary conservation efforts under CCAA

Published on January 22, 2018
The Western Governors’ Association submitted comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service about their Candidate Conservation Agre...
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Species Management

WGA recommends policy to promote voluntary conservation efforts under CCAA

Published on January 22, 2018

Executive Director’s Notebook: Inaugural lands summit, webinars illustrat...

Published on January 16, 2018
By Jim Ogsbury
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Western Governors’ Association

Executive Director’s Notebook: Inaugural lands summit, webinars illustrat...

Published on January 16, 2018

Executive Director’s Notebook: WGA’s Top 10 policy accomplishments ...

Published on December 21, 2017
Governors attending the 2017 Winter Meeting, from left: Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead, Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, Northern Mariana Islands Gov. Ralph T...
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Western Governors’ Association

Executive Director’s Notebook: WGA’s Top 10 policy accomplishments ...

Published on December 21, 2017

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