Western LGUs and WRDC Partners Western LGUs • America Samoa Community College • Blackfeet Community College • Chief Dull Knife College • College of Micronesia - Kolonia • Colorado State University • Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station • Crownpoint Institute of Technology • Diné College • Fort Belknap College • Fort Peck Community College • Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station • Institute of American Indian Arts • Little Big Horn College • Montana State University • New Mexico State University • Northern Marianas College • Northwest Indian College • Oregon State University • Salish Kootenai College • Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute • Stone Child College • University of Alaska Fairbanks • University of Arizona • University of California • University of Guam • University of Hawaii • University of Idaho • University of Nevada Reno • University of Wyoming • University of Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station • Utah State University • Utah Agricultural Experiment Station • Washington State University WRDC Partners • CSREES-USDA • Center for Rural Affairs • Food Innovation Center (Oregon) • Morgan Valley Lamb • North Central Regional Center for Rural Development • Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development • Northwest Area Foundation • Rural Community Assistance Corporation • Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) • Southern Rural Development Center • Southwest Marketing Network • Utah State University College of HASS • Utah State University College of NR • Utah State University Cooperative Extension

Western Rural Poverty Research Conference

Between 1990 and 2000, the West was the only region in the U.S. to experience both significant employment growth and increases in poverty (Crandall and Weber).

For detailed PowerPoints and video presentations please visit the 2005 Conference web page.