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    HIGHLIGHTS

    WGA 2022 Annual Meeting

    Read highlights and see pictures from the 2022 Annual Meeting in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The three-day meeting, hosted by Idaho Governor Brad Little, featured keynote addresses by Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra. The Governors also hosted roundtable discussions with regional experts on wildfire, drought cybersecurity, and the supply chain issues.

    Highlights from the 2022 Annual Meeting
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    2022 Annual Report

    The 2022 Annual Report highlights the past year’s policy work by the Governors on topics such as broadband connectivity, workforce development, cybersecurity, wildfires, species management, and water. You'll also learn about the Governors' meetings and WGA's finances.

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    SPECIAL REPORT

    Working Lands, Working Communities Initiative

    The central policy effort of the 2022 WGA Chair, Governor Brad Little examined the interdependent relationships between western communities and land resource management entities, as well as the role that local communities play in successful land planning and management processes. The Special Report of the Initiative contains recommendations for improving cross-boundary land management policy, wildfire mitigation, and ecosystem restoration.

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    POLICY

    Resolutions

    Western Governors formally approved six new policy resolutions. They represent the Governors’ collective policy on a National Minerals Policy; Radioactive Materials Management; Federal-State Land Exchanges and Purchases; Biosecurity and Invasive Species Management; Recreation and Tourism on Public Lands; and Working Lands, Working Communities.

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    HIGH SCHOOL ART COMPETITION

    Celebrate the West

    The Western Governors’ Foundation is excited to announce the winners of the seventh annual Celebrate the West regional art competition, sponsored by Americans for the Arts.

    See their artwork
    LEARN ABOUT THE WEST

    'Out West' Podcast

    The new episode of WGA’s Out West podcast, 'Supporting Coal Communities,' explores the economic trends impacting Utah’s coal communities in the face of changing energy markets and state efforts to bolster economic development opportunities in those areas.

    Listen here

    SAVE THE DATE: WGA Winter Meeting, Dec. 6-7, 2022, Phoenix, Arizona. 

    News
    The Heat Beneath Our Feet Initiative Survey
    08/04/2022
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    News
    Highlights from the 2022 Annual Meeting
    07/28/2022
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    News
    Best of the West: Electrifying school buses; powering Google with geotherma...
    08/25/2022
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    Letter
    WGA shares policy recommendations related to mining regulations, laws, and ...
    08/25/2022
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    CHAIR'S INITIATIVE

    The Heat Beneath Our Feet

    By Colorado
    Jared Polis

    Governor Jared Polis of Colorado launched The Heat Beneath Our Feet (HBOF) as his 2023 WGA Chair Initiative. The initiative will examine opportunities for and barriers to the increased deployment of geothermal energy technologies for both electricity generation and heating and cooling systems in western states, which contain the vast majority of high-yield geothermal energy capacity in the U.S.

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