WGA NEWS: Keeping western ranches alive; Governors take on vegetation management; visit our interactive western map

Our weekly roundup of western news spotlights the apprenticeship program of the Quivira Coalition, which identifies young people who want to work on western ranches. We’ve also got news of a fast-heating crater in Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, an update on western wildfires in Oregon and Washington, as well as a closer look at how some canine snouts are battling invasive mussels at Yellowstone National Park. Plus: How many people in the West are REALLY locals? See the results of one investigation, which just might surprise you. Read Best of the West.

on federal transmission rights-of way

Western Governors this week backed policies that enable utilities to undertake vegetation management actions on and adjacent to federal transmission rights-of-way. Read, download the outreach to the Bureau of Land Management. And catch up on the importance of the state-federal relationship in recent policy shared with the U.S. Forest Service regarding NEPA rulemaking, as well as the Governors’ support for bills strengthening cybersecurity for the electric grid and the need to address national parks maintenance.

to improve lives across the region

The Western Governors’ Foundation was relaunched with a new focus at our recent Annual Meeting in Colorado. Learn about the goal of the Foundation, meet its impressive new Board of Directors, and watch a video about how it will focus on philanthropic opportunities to improve lives across the West. Visit now.

2019 Winter Meeting, Dec. 13-14, Las Vegas, Nevada

2020 Annual Meeting, June 29-July 2, Medora, North Dakota

The Western Governors’ Association represents the Governors of 19 western states and 3 U.S. territories in the Pacific. The association is an instrument of the Governors for bipartisan policy development, information exchange and collective action on issues of critical importance to the western U.S.