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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

WGA Policy Resolution 2024-02, National Forest and Rangeland Management

Published on November 08, 2023
Western states contain over 75 percent of the national forest and grassland system, and communities in the West depend upon forests and rangelands for jobs, recreation, and qu...
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Environmental Management

WGA Policy Resolution 2024-02, National Forest and Rangeland Management

Published on November 08, 2023

WGA Policy Resolution 2023-03, Tax-Exempt Federal Lands and Secure Rural Sc...

Published on December 07, 2022
The federal government must honor its historic Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILT) agreement with states and counties in the West to compensate them for the presence of tax-exempt...
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Economic Development

WGA Policy Resolution 2023-03, Tax-Exempt Federal Lands and Secure Rural Sc...

Published on December 07, 2022

WGA Policy Resolution 2023-01, Working Lands, Working Communities

Published on July 28, 2022
The resolution recognizes the complex relationship between western communities and the landscapes that sustain them.  Our lands offer economic opportunity, ecological ben...
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Agriculture

WGA Policy Resolution 2023-01, Working Lands, Working Communities

Published on July 28, 2022

WGA Policy Resolution 2022-10, Federal-State Land Exchanges and Purchases

Published on June 30, 2022
Federally owned lands are widespread throughout western states and are often interspersed with state, tribal, county, municipal, and private lands. This ownership pattern comp...
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Environmental Management

WGA Policy Resolution 2022-10, Federal-State Land Exchanges and Purchases

Published on June 30, 2022

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