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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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Environmental Management

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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Environmental Management

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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Environmental Management

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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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

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

Published on May 10, 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 May 10, 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

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