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

    Published on June 30, 2022

    WGA expresses support to the Senate for Fire Ready Nation Act of 2022

    Published on June 28, 2022
    The Western Governors’ Association expressed support to the Senate for the Fire Ready Nation Act of 2022, bipartisan legislation to expand the nation’s capacity to...
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    WGA expresses support to the Senate for Fire Ready Nation Act of 2022

    Published on June 28, 2022

    Western Governors’ News: workforce development, agriculture and tourism a...

    Published on June 08, 2022
    The Western Governors' Association offers a periodic roundup of Western Governors' work in economic development, natural resources, education, health and safety, and a...
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    Agriculture

    Western Governors’ News: workforce development, agriculture and tourism a...

    Published on June 08, 2022

    LISTEN: New podcast episode digs into agricultural workforce development

    Published on May 19, 2022
    The new episode of WGA’s Out West podcast, Agricultural Workforce in the West, explores the challenges that communities face as more agricultural workers&...
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    Agriculture

    LISTEN: New podcast episode digs into agricultural workforce development

    Published on May 19, 2022

    Western Governors express support to the Senate for components of the FEMA ...

    Published on May 16, 2022
    Western Governors expressed support to the Senate for certain components of the FEMA Improvement Reform and Efficiency Act of 2021 (FIRE Act), which would equip the Federal Em...
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    Environmental Management

    Western Governors express support to the Senate for components of the FEMA ...

    Published on May 16, 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

    Watch ‘Conservation Markets in the West,’ and learn about and alternati...

    Published on April 21, 2022
    The Western Governors’ Association hosted the webinar, Conservation Markets in the West, on April 21, 2022. The webinar evaluated opportunities to leverag...
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    Agriculture

    Watch ‘Conservation Markets in the West,’ and learn about and alternati...

    Published on April 21, 2022

    LISTEN: New ‘Out West’ episode delves into post-fire restoratio...

    Published on April 21, 2022
    The new episode of WGA’s Out West podcast, Post-Fire Restoration Challenges, explores the challenges that wildfire-affected communities face and the avail...
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    Environmental Management

    LISTEN: New ‘Out West’ episode delves into post-fire restoratio...

    Published on April 21, 2022

    Watch the Working Lands, Working Communities webinar series

    Published on April 07, 2022
    Register for the Working Lands, Working Communities webinar series. The four part series will highlight strategies for improved cross-boundary land management, ...
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    Environmental Management

    Watch the Working Lands, Working Communities webinar series

    Published on April 07, 2022

    Western Governors submit testimony on FY 2023 appropriations to House, Sena...

    Published on April 06, 2022
    The Western Governors’ Association is submitting testimony on behalf of the Western Governors to House and Senate leadership on FY 2023 appropriations and activities. Th...
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    Agriculture

    Western Governors submit testimony on FY 2023 appropriations to House, Sena...

    Published on April 06, 2022

    WGA provides House with recommendations for disaster preparedness and respo...

    Published on April 05, 2022
    In correspondence with the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, the Weste...
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    Environmental Management

    WGA provides House with recommendations for disaster preparedness and respo...

    Published on April 05, 2022

    Western Governors encourage DOE to partner with the West to develop hydroge...

    Published on March 31, 2022
    This week Western Governors commended the Department of Energy’s (DOE) focus on implementation of a provision of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) direct...
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    Economic Development

    Western Governors encourage DOE to partner with the West to develop hydroge...

    Published on March 31, 2022

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