Managing State Trust Lands Fiduciary Duty in the Changing West
In partnership with the Sonoran Institute
Challenges & Opportunities
Wyoming Assessment
The state of Wyoming recently embarked on an effort to develop a comprehensive asset management plan for trust lands. A legislative mandate required the Wyoming Office of State Lands and Investments (OSLI) to adopt this approach; however, OSLI's ability to carry out this directive was constrained by a lack of resources. The State Trust Lands Project partnered with OSLI to assess its current institutional capacity and future needs to achieve identified institutional strategic goals, objectives, and trust responsibilities. The results of this assessment were provided to a legislative task force that evaluated OSLI's institutional capacity and prepared a draft report with recommendations for the Wyoming Legislature's Joint Committee on Agriculture, Public Lands and Water Resources and the Joint Appropriations Committee. The final report describes a methodology for institutional capacity assessment using Wyoming as a case study, but the methodology could be applied to other trust management agencies.Final Report: Wyoming Office of State Lands and Investments Institutional Capacity Analysis [PDF]