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Welcome to the Official website of the
Wyoming Wool Growers Association
The mission of the WWGA is to assist or support its members in any
appropriate activity that would benefit them in the business of sheep, lamb
and wool, goat or livestock production in the state of Wyoming and in the
management and enhancement of Wyoming’s natural resource base. In
furtherance of this mission, the following are the stated objectives of the
WWGA:
a) To protect, preserve, promote and enhance the sheep, lamb, wool, goat and
livestock industries
of Wyoming, as well as the ranching communities and
lifestyle of Wyoming and the West.
b) To care for, enhance and add value to the natural resources of the state
of Wyoming.
 c)To promote beneficial legislation in the interests of sheep, goat and/or
livestock producers and their associated industries, and to endeavor to
prevent the enactment of any legislation harmful to them.
d) To promote policies that are beneficial to members and their associated
industries in areas of public lands, wildlife damage, import/export, water,
animal care and husbandry, and other relevant issues.
d) To prevent unfair and unjust discrimination in the enforcement of laws
affecting sheep, goat and/or livestock producers and their associated
industries.
e) To develop and secure optimum markets for sheep and other livestock,
and
their products, and to promote and improve marketing opportunities or
systems.
f) To work in cooperation with other state and national organizations,
agencies, and institutions on any issues and programs beneficial to the
members of WWGA as well as the health, welfare and advancement of the sheep,
goat and livestock business and the animals which are vital to it.
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WYOMING WOOL GROWERS
ASSOCIATION/
MOUNTAIN STATES LAMB COOPERATIVE
RAM SIRE TEST |
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WWGA Accepting
Applications for 2012
WWGA Summer Internship Opportunity
Internship Includes Annual American Sheep Industry
Washington D.C. Trip Scheduled for May
The Wyoming Wool Growers Association is now
accepting applications from Wyoming young adults between the
ages of 18-26 who have an interest in the Wyoming and American
sheep industry for an opportunity to intern with the Association
at its offices in Casper over the summer of 2012.
Read more.
Download the Internship Application
Here.
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Cat
Urbigkit’s Report on Her Evaluation
of ‘Old World’ Livestock Protection Dogs
Download
here...
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WWGA/Mountain
States/UW Completes
Another Successful Ram Sire Test
70 Rams Complete 11th Anniversary Test
Read more here…
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PRODUCERS UPDATE
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WWGA Launches New Program to Expose
Wyoming Youth to Industry Issues through Washington DC Trip.
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In response to a
proposal by UW College of Agriculture Dean Frank Galey to
transfer the livestock and livestock facilities required and
integral to the UW Department of Animal Science to the primarily
federally funded Agricultural Experiment Station, WWGA members
adopted this resolution
(click here)
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Access the Legal
pleadings
from the WWGA/State of
Wyoming/Park County versus the
U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service Wolf Lawsuit
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Contact:
Wyoming Wool Growers
Association
811 North
Glenn Rd.
Casper, WY 82602
Phone: 307-265-5250
Fax: 307-234-9701
Email:
wyowool@wyowool.org
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