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TESTIMONY: WGA comments on FY 2021 appropriations and activities of BLM, FW...

Published on February 05, 2020
Western Governors’ Association Executive Director Jim Ogsbury testified before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Int...
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Air Quality

TESTIMONY: WGA comments on FY 2021 appropriations and activities of BLM, FW...

Published on February 05, 2020

LETTER: WGA shares support for America’s Conservation Enhancement Act

Published on January 27, 2020
Western Governors expressed support for America’s Conservation Enhancement Act in outreach to leadership of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. The Jan...
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Species Management

LETTER: WGA shares support for America’s Conservation Enhancement Act

Published on January 27, 2020

Best of the West: Controlling feral hog populations; missing and murdered i...

Published on December 19, 2019
The Western Governors' Association keeps you updated on the news of the West. Here are the top stories for the week starting Dec. 16, 2019. Photo courtesy of the USDA Anim...
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Species Management

Best of the West: Controlling feral hog populations; missing and murdered i...

Published on December 19, 2019

Best of the West: Western states address chronic wasting disease; invasive ...

Published on December 11, 2019
The Western Governors' Association keeps you updated on news of the West. Here are the top stories for the week starting Dec. 9, 2019. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Fish and ...
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Energy

Best of the West: Western states address chronic wasting disease; invasive ...

Published on December 11, 2019

LETTER: Western Governors express support for bipartisan Stop the Spread of...

Published on December 05, 2019
Western Governors commend Senator Michael Bennet and Senator Steve Daines for introducing S. 2975, the Stop the Spread of Invasive Mussels Act of 2019, bipartisan legislation ...
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Species Management

LETTER: Western Governors express support for bipartisan Stop the Spread of...

Published on December 05, 2019

Western Governors express support for bipartisan Stop the Spread of Invasiv...

Published on December 05, 2019
Western Governors commend Senator Michael Bennet and Senator Steve Daines for introducing S. 2975, the Stop the Spread of Invasive Mussels Act of 2019, bipartisan legislation ...
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Species Management

Western Governors express support for bipartisan Stop the Spread of Invasiv...

Published on December 05, 2019

Governors appoint members to WGA’s new Western Invasive Species Council

Published on December 05, 2019
Western Governors have launched the Western Invasive Species Council (WISC) to enhance coordination between existing state invasive species councils, improve communication and...
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Species Management

Governors appoint members to WGA’s new Western Invasive Species Council

Published on December 05, 2019

LETTER: WGA shares work, policy to inform development of DOI invasive speci...

Published on November 21, 2019
The Western Governors’ Association appreciates the opportunity to provide comments on the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) invasive species strategic plan, which...
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Species Management

LETTER: WGA shares work, policy to inform development of DOI invasive speci...

Published on November 21, 2019

Governors urge annual RAWA funding to states for proactive conservation of ...

Published on November 15, 2019
Western Governors support provisions of H.R. 3742, the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act of 2019 (RAWA), that direct annual funding to state fish and wildlife agencies a...
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Forest & Rangeland Management

Governors urge annual RAWA funding to states for proactive conservation of ...

Published on November 15, 2019

LETTER: Governors support annual RAWA funding to states for proactive conse...

Published on November 15, 2019
Western Governors support provisions of H.R. 3742, the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act of 2019 (RAWA), that direct annual funding to state fish and wildlife agencies a...
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Forest & Rangeland Management

LETTER: Governors support annual RAWA funding to states for proactive conse...

Published on November 15, 2019

WGA supports additional funding to state agencies for management of Chronic...

Published on November 14, 2019
The Western Governors’ Association supports expanded funding to state fish and wildlife agencies for management of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in wildlife populations.
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Species Management

WGA supports additional funding to state agencies for management of Chronic...

Published on November 14, 2019

LETTER: WGA advocates for more funding by Congress to state agencies for ma...

Published on November 14, 2019
The Western Governors’ Association supports expanded funding to state fish and wildlife agencies for management of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in wildlife populations....
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Species Management

LETTER: WGA advocates for more funding by Congress to state agencies for ma...

Published on November 14, 2019

LETTER: Governors share biosecurity and invasive species management policy ...

Published on November 12, 2019
Western Governors share their policy on biosecurity and invasive species management with leadership of the Committee on Agriculture's Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign...
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Species Management

LETTER: Governors share biosecurity and invasive species management policy ...

Published on November 12, 2019

DOI publishes manual on rapid response to mussel introductions in the Colum...

Published on November 12, 2019
Officials at the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced in June 2017 that DOI would coordinate with the Western Governors’ Association, states, tribes, federal ...
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Species Management

DOI publishes manual on rapid response to mussel introductions in the Colum...

Published on November 12, 2019

Executive Director’s Notebook: Working Lands Roundtable dynamically conti...

Published on October 14, 2019
By Jim Ogsbury Earlier this month, Idaho Governor Brad Little hosted a meeting of the WGA Working Lands Roundtable in the City of Trees, beautiful Boise. This was nothing if ...
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Environmental Management

Executive Director’s Notebook: Working Lands Roundtable dynamically conti...

Published on October 14, 2019

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