Interior and Agriculture Departments Join Western Governors to Launch Collaborative Conservation Task Force

The Departments of the Interior and Agriculture recently joined the Western Governors Association to launch a Task Force on Collaborative Conservation designed to enhance collaboration across federal, state and local jurisdictions to effectively respond to the land, water and wildlife challenges facing Western landscapes. The Task Force will be essential to strengthening this state/territory-federal collaboration as local, state and federal leaders implement President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which contains historic investments in wildlife restoration, drought mitigation and wildland fire resilience. This Task Force will be a forum for collaboration, but state and federal participants will maintain their commitments and responsibilities to