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    Policy Resolution 2025-04, Compensatory Mitigation

    Published on December 09, 2024
    Compensatory mitigation plays an important role in wildlife management and conservation, offsetting the loss of wetland and aquatic resource functions in a watershed affected ...
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    Policy Resolution 2025-04, Compensatory Mitigation

    Published on December 09, 2024

    Western Governors urge the House of Representatives to pass the Good Samari...

    Published on October 21, 2024
    In correspondence with House leadership, Western Governors expressed support for the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2024. “Hardrock mine r...
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    Western Governors urge the House of Representatives to pass the Good Samari...

    Published on October 21, 2024

    WGA calls for the legal protection of Good Samaritans who clean up abandone...

    Published on September 17, 2024
    In correspondence with the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, the Western Governors’ Association (WGA) submitted bipartisan policy recommendations in ...
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    WGA calls for the legal protection of Good Samaritans who clean up abandone...

    Published on September 17, 2024

    Western Governors call for reliable and accessible data on water resources ...

    Published on September 03, 2024
    In correspondence with the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Western Governors voiced their support for aspects of the Water Monitoring and Tracking Essential ...
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    Western Governors call for reliable and accessible data on water resources ...

    Published on September 03, 2024

    Western Governors express support for provisions within America’s Outdoor...

    Published on September 03, 2024
    In correspondence with Senate leadership and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Western Governors expressed support for provisions within America’s Ou...
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    Western Governors express support for provisions within America’s Outdoor...

    Published on September 03, 2024

    Western Governors highlight shared policy recommendations in the final repo...

    Published on August 28, 2024
    In correspondence with Congressional leadership, Western Governors expressed their bipartisan support for several recommendations in the final report of the Wildland Fire Miti...
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    Environmental Management

    Western Governors highlight shared policy recommendations in the final repo...

    Published on August 28, 2024

    2024 Annual Report

    Published on July 24, 2024
    The 2024 Annual Report of the Western Governors' Association highlights the past year’s policy work on topics such as disaster prepared...
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    Agriculture

    2024 Annual Report

    Published on July 24, 2024

    Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon speaks about his WGA Chair initiative, Decarbo...

    Published on July 19, 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 speaks about his WGA Chair initiative, Decarbo...

    Published on July 19, 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

    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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    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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    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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    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

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