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    Explore the potential for Enhanced Geothermal Systems in a new WGA Webinar

    Published on December 13, 2022
    While the potential for geothermal energy use in the West is vast and its benefits wide-ranging, accessing the resource can be difficult and expensive – especially when ...
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    Energy

    Explore the potential for Enhanced Geothermal Systems in a new WGA Webinar

    Published on December 13, 2022

    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 2023-02, States’ Share of Royalties and Leasing Rev...

    Published on December 07, 2022
    The federal government has codified several historic agreements and programs to compensate western states for reduced revenue associated with the presence of tax-exempt federa...
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    Economic Development

    WGA Policy Resolution 2023-02, States’ Share of Royalties and Leasing Rev...

    Published on December 07, 2022

    Best of the West: Western soccer players at the 2022 FIFA World Cup; future...

    Published on November 23, 2022
    The Western Governors' Association keeps you updated on the latest news in the West. Here are the top stories for the week starting Nov. 21, 2022. (Photos courtesy of AP P...
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    Data

    Best of the West: Western soccer players at the 2022 FIFA World Cup; future...

    Published on November 23, 2022

    WATCH: New WGA webinar explores geothermal electricity generation

    Published on October 11, 2022
    As part of Colorado Gov. Jared Polis’ WGA Chair Initiative, The Heat Beneath Our Feet, the Western Governors’ Association will be conducting tours o...
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    Environmental Management

    WATCH: New WGA webinar explores geothermal electricity generation

    Published on October 11, 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

    Highlights from the 2022 Annual Meeting

    Published on July 28, 2022
    Whether it was wildfire mitigation and restoration, mental and behavioral health care, or cybersecurity and the supply chain, bipartisanship and a willingness to work acr...
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    Forest & Rangeland Management

    Highlights from the 2022 Annual Meeting

    Published on July 28, 2022

    Western Governors’ Association 2022 Annual Report

    Published on July 26, 2022
    The 2022 Annual Report for The Western Governors' Association highlights the past year’s policy work of the Western Governors on topics such as land manage...
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    Agriculture

    Western Governors’ Association 2022 Annual Report

    Published on July 26, 2022

    Working Lands, Working Communities Initiative Special Report

    Published on July 26, 2022
    The Special Report of the Working Lands, Working Communities Initiative contains targeted recommendations on issues that affect natural resource management and the r...
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    Agriculture

    Working Lands, Working Communities Initiative Special Report

    Published on July 26, 2022

    Western Governors approve five new policy resolutions; elect new leadership...

    Published on June 30, 2022
    Western Governors formally approved five policy resolutions during their annual executive session at the end of WGA’s fiscal year (June 30). The resolutions represent th...
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    Economic Development

    Western Governors approve five new policy resolutions; elect new leadership...

    Published on June 30, 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

    WGA Policy Resolution 2022-08, National Minerals Policy

    Published on June 30, 2022
    Western Governors support building on the 1970 Mining and Minerals Policy Act with legislation and policies that unlock our domestic mineral potential and ensure access to met...
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    Economic Development

    WGA Policy Resolution 2022-08, National Minerals Policy

    Published on June 30, 2022

    LISTEN: New podcast episode explores state efforts to support rural communi...

    Published on June 23, 2022
    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 cha...
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    Economic Development

    LISTEN: New podcast episode explores state efforts to support rural communi...

    Published on June 23, 2022

    WGA shares Governors’ perspectives on mining with House Natural Resources...

    Published on May 09, 2022
    The Western Governors’ Association submitted several policy resolutions to the record of the House Natural Resource Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral ...
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    Economic Development

    WGA shares Governors’ perspectives on mining with House Natural Resources...

    Published on May 09, 2022

    Watch the webinar “Implementing Forest Investments in the Infrastructure ...

    Published on April 26, 2022
    The Western Governors’ Association hosted the webinar, Implementing Forest Investments in the Infrastructure Bill, on April 26, 2022. The webinar featured...
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    Air Quality

    Watch the webinar “Implementing Forest Investments in the Infrastructure ...

    Published on April 26, 2022

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