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Western Governors submit testimony on FY 2025 appropriations to House, Sena...

Published on April 01, 2024
The Western Governors’ Association submitted testimony on behalf of the Western Governors to House and Senate leadership on FY 2025 appropriations and act...
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Agriculture

Western Governors submit testimony on FY 2025 appropriations to House, Sena...

Published on April 01, 2024

Western Governors adopt five policy resolutions

Published on June 11, 2024
To kick off WGA’s 2024 Annual Meeting in Olympic Valley, California, Western Governors formally adopted five policy resolutions.
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Environmental Management

Western Governors adopt five policy resolutions

Published on June 11, 2024

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon Releases the Decarbonizing the West Initiative...

Published on June 11, 2024
For the past year, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon led an initiative as Chair of the Western Governors’ Association (WGA) to examine the potential of various decarbonizatio...
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Energy

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon Releases the Decarbonizing the West Initiative...

Published on June 11, 2024

WGA Policy Resolution 2024-09, Water Quality in the West

Published on June 11, 2024
Clean water is essential to strong economies, healthy ecosystems, and quality of life in the West.  In this resolution, Governors emphasize states’ role as co-regul...
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Environmental Management

WGA Policy Resolution 2024-09, Water Quality in the West

Published on June 11, 2024

WGA Signs Shared Stewardship MOU with USDA

Published on June 11, 2024
In the face of mounting land management challenges, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Xochitl Torres Small spoke with five Western Governors at the 2024 Annual Meeting of t...
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Environmental Management

WGA Signs Shared Stewardship MOU with USDA

Published on June 11, 2024

WGA Policy Resolution 2024-07, Water Resource Management in the West

Published on June 11, 2024
The resolution addresses the management of water resources in the West, highlighting states’ sovereign authority over the allocation of water within their boundaries.&nb...
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Environmental Management

WGA Policy Resolution 2024-07, Water Resource Management in the West

Published on June 11, 2024

WGA Policy Resolution 2024-05, Disaster Preparedness and Response

Published on June 11, 2024
The resolution recognizes the role Governors have in coordinating the four phases of emergency management: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. It also highlights...
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Environmental Management

WGA Policy Resolution 2024-05, Disaster Preparedness and Response

Published on June 11, 2024

Decarbonizing the West initiative report

Published on June 06, 2024
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon, Chair of the Western Governors’ Association (WGA), launched the Decarbonizing the West initiative in 2023 to examine how decarbonization st...
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Energy

Decarbonizing the West initiative report

Published on June 06, 2024

WGA submits policy recommendations regarding hunting, fishing, and recreati...

Published on May 15, 2024
In correspondence with the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands, the Western Governors’ Association (WGA) submitted policy recommendations following the...
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Environmental Management

WGA submits policy recommendations regarding hunting, fishing, and recreati...

Published on May 15, 2024

Explore policy mechanisms for permitting carbon transportation infrastructu...

Published on April 17, 2024
Permitting carbon transport infrastructure “is nonnegotiable if we're serious about decarbonizing in this country,” Scyller Borglum, the Underground Storage Ma...
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Energy

Explore policy mechanisms for permitting carbon transportation infrastructu...

Published on April 17, 2024

Western Governors encourage Senate to allow states to determine eligibility...

Published on March 22, 2024
In correspondence with Senate leadership, Western Governors voiced their support for the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2024 and the pilot progr...
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Environmental Management

Western Governors encourage Senate to allow states to determine eligibility...

Published on March 22, 2024

WATCH: WGA Webinar explores strategies to mitigate liability concerns for ...

Published on March 20, 2024
The potential to permanently store vast quantities of captured carbon in the West’s subterranean geologic structures is often talked about as a game-changer in the world...
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Energy

WATCH: WGA Webinar explores strategies to mitigate liability concerns for ...

Published on March 20, 2024

WGA submits policy recommendations for wildfire management to the Senate Co...

Published on March 12, 2024
In correspondence with the Senate Committee on Homeland Security Committee and Governmental Affairs, the Western Governors’ Association (WGA) submitted several policy re...
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Environmental Management

WGA submits policy recommendations for wildfire management to the Senate Co...

Published on March 12, 2024

WGA expresses appreciation for the Senate Energy Committee’s examination ...

Published on March 12, 2024
In correspondence with the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, the Western Governors’ Association (WGA) expressed appreciation for its hearing on the Wildl...
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Environmental Management

WGA expresses appreciation for the Senate Energy Committee’s examination ...

Published on March 12, 2024

WGA urges Congress to reassess the structure and allocation of federal disa...

Published on December 26, 2023
In correspondence with the Senate Appropriation’s Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, the Western Governors’ Assoc...
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Environmental Management

WGA urges Congress to reassess the structure and allocation of federal disa...

Published on December 26, 2023

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