After hearing from Western governors, top Bush administration officials, and environmental leaders, nearly five hundred participants in the Environmental Summit on the West II developed recommendations for policy-makers on a wide range of issues, including:
- Species conservation while assisting landowners in maintaining working landscapes;
- Meeting growing and competing demands for water;
- Expanding the use of renewable energy resources;
- Cooperative siting of interstate energy infrastructure;
- Reducing wildland fire risks to communities and the environment while restoring forest ecosystem health;
- Industrial environmental innovation: value for the community, globe and bottom line;
- Assessing Western perspectives on multi-pollutant proposals for utilities and carbon dioxide strategies;
- Successful partnerships and new tools to conserve open lands; and
- Coal-bed methane development.
For a complete list of the recommendations or more information, contact the Western Governors’ Association.
