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    Policy Resolution 2025-05, Physical and Behavioral Health Care in Western S...

    Published on December 09, 2024
    Access to high-quality physical and behavioral health care services is a cornerstone for maintaining and enhancing the quality of life in western states.  However, the We...
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    Healthcare

    Policy Resolution 2025-05, Physical and Behavioral Health Care in Western S...

    Published on December 09, 2024

    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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    Environmental Management

    Policy Resolution 2025-04, Compensatory Mitigation

    Published on December 09, 2024

    Policy Resolution 2025-03, Workforce Development in the Western United Stat...

    Published on December 09, 2024
    Education and workforce training that is aligned with industry demand creates opportunity for students and workers to secure good jobs and builds a skilled workforce that can ...
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    Economic Development

    Policy Resolution 2025-03, Workforce Development in the Western United Stat...

    Published on December 09, 2024

    Policy Resolution 2025-02, Air Quality Protection and Management

    Published on December 09, 2024
    Clean air is essential for strong communities and quality of life.  Air quality is influenced by many human activities and natural phenomena.  Western states have ge...
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    Air Quality

    Policy Resolution 2025-02, Air Quality Protection and Management

    Published on December 09, 2024

    Policy Resolution 2025-01, Energy in the West

    Published on December 09, 2024
    Western energy production and delivery infrastructure are indispensable to meeting our nation’s energy demand, and the energy sector is a significant contributor to the ...
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    Energy

    Policy Resolution 2025-01, Energy in the West

    Published on December 09, 2024

    WGA Policy Resolution 2024-08, Cleaning Up Abandoned Hardrock Mines in the ...

    Published on June 11, 2024
    “Good Samaritans” are entities that voluntarily clean up abandoned mine sites.  These Good Samaritans face potential liability under the Clean Water Act (CWA)...
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    Economic Development

    WGA Policy Resolution 2024-08, Cleaning Up Abandoned Hardrock Mines in the ...

    Published on June 11, 2024

    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 2022-12, Recreation and Tourism on Public Lands

    Published on June 30, 2022
    This resolution articulates Western Governors’ policy on the management of recreation and tourism on public lands. Governors support public access and sustainable outdoo...
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    Economic Development

    WGA Policy Resolution 2022-12, Recreation and Tourism on Public Lands

    Published on June 30, 2022

    WGA Policy Resolution 2022-11, Biosecurity and Invasive Species Management

    Published on June 30, 2022
    This resolution addresses invasive species management and adds substantial new policy, including: a call to address the destructive relationship between invasive grasses and w...
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    Environmental Management

    WGA Policy Resolution 2022-11, Biosecurity and Invasive Species Management

    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 2022-09, Radioactive Materials Management

    Published on June 30, 2022
    The resolution establishes Western Governors’ policy on radioactive materials management. Specifically, the resolution supports the U.S. Department of Energy’s saf...
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    Energy

    WGA Policy Resolution 2022-09, Radioactive Materials Management

    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

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