Lieutenant governor, mr. Speaker, members of the legislature, chief justice gilbertson, justices of the supreme court, constitutional officers and fellow south dakotans, thank you very much for giving me the distinct honor of being your governor. It is my privilege today to offer our thoughts on the state of our state, and i know many times people talk about the length of this speech. Ive sat in your chairs before and wondered how long will today be . Talking in our office downstairs, my husband brian said to me is there going to be an intermission . Will you be serving popcorn . All wonderful ideas i didnt even think of so next year well see if we can make Something Like that happen, but listen, by nearly every standard of comparison, south dakota is in good shape, in order to extend this prosperity forward for todays working family and to the next generation we must continue together to work on solutions to the problems on the near and distant horizons. Just how good do we have it he
Hearing is to examine the status and management in the western United States approximately 90 of the western u. S. Is currently experiencing some degree of moderate to severe drought. Water has always been a limited resource in the west we have a saying that whiskey is for drinking and water is for siding. By the turn of the 19th century as westward expansion to cold, a complex framework of water compacts allocated Water Supplies. Today, however, abnormally dry conditions are reducing the availability of water for farms, industry and for the cities and towns. Native fish and wildlife have ever been so imperiled and drought is making the forests more susceptible to wildfire. Behind me we have a graphic produced by the u. S. Drought monitor Program Updated weekly it shows the general reach of the drought that has persisted for the last 20 years and you can see how bad it is some climate scientists call this a mega drought. The data indicates that we are experiencing the worst drought in
Hearing is to examine the status and management in the western United States approximately 90 of the western u. S. Is currently experiencing some degree of moderate to severe drought. Water has always been a limited resource in the west we have a saying that whiskey is for drinking and water is for siding. By the turn of the 19th century as westward expansion to cold, a complex framework of water compacts allocated Water Supplies. Today, however, abnormally dry conditions are reducing the availability of water for farms, industry and for the cities and towns. Native fish and wildlife have ever been so imperiled and drought is making the forests more susceptible to wildfire. Behind me we have a graphic produced by the u. S. Drought monitor Program Updated weekly it shows the general reach of the drought that has persisted for the last 20 years and you can see how bad it is some climate scientists call this a mega drought. The data indicates that we are experiencing the worst drought in
Hearing is to examine the status and management in the western United States approximately 90 of the western u. S. Is currently experiencing some degree of moderate to severe drought. Water has always been a limited resource in the west we have a saying that whiskey is for drinking and water is for siding. By the turn of the 19th century as westward expansion to cold, a complex framework of water compacts allocated Water Supplies. Today, however, abnormally dry conditions are reducing the availability of water for farms, industry and for the cities and towns. Native fish and wildlife have ever been so imperiled and drought is making the forests more susceptible to wildfire. Behind me we have a graphic produced by the u. S. Drought monitor Program Updated weekly it shows the general reach of the drought that has persisted for the last 20 years and you can see how bad it is some climate scientists call this a mega drought. The data indicates that we are experiencing the worst drought in
Hearing is to examine the status and management in the western United States approximately 90 of the western u. S. Is currently experiencing some degree of moderate to severe drought. Water has always been a limited resource in the west we have a saying that whiskey is for drinking and water is for siding. By the turn of the 19th century as westward expansion to cold, a complex framework of water compacts allocated Water Supplies. Today, however, abnormally dry conditions are reducing the availability of water for farms, industry and for the cities and towns. Native fish and wildlife have ever been so imperiled and drought is making the forests more susceptible to wildfire. Behind me we have a graphic produced by the u. S. Drought monitor Program Updated weekly it shows the general reach of the drought that has persisted for the last 20 years and you can see how bad it is some climate scientists call this a mega drought. The data indicates that we are experiencing the worst drought in