Register for FOCC’s upcoming forum, Bridging the Gap: Funding our Parks and Trails. Our first forum of 2026 will be on Thursday, January 22nd from 5 – 6:30 pm and will be focused on parks in Clark County. Exploring natural places provides renewal, feelings of well-being, and a sense of harmony with the broader community and […]
This Radar is created every week by community outreach staff supported by grassroots community dollars. Our end-of-year fundraising campaign is underway, so if you appreciate this effort, please consider chipping in and donating any amount to FOCC today. You can learn more about our work this year on our website’s home page. 📣 The Clark […]
20251215 Heritage Farm Survey E&S
In our last newsletter, we found that the Clark County Council had decided to do an agricultural lands study after all, which you can read all about in the following article! The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Comp Plan Update was published October 1st, which opened a 60-day comment period that ended on […]
This Radar is created every week by community outreach staff supported by grassroots community dollars. Our end-of-year fundraising campaign is underway, so if you appreciate this effort, please consider chipping in and donating any amount to FOCC today. You can learn more about our work this year on our website’s home page. 📣 The Clark […]
For more background on this issue, you can review our last legacy forest update or previous articles on the Dabbler. Big sigh, deep breath…Friends, we faced our last yearly Board of Natural Resources (BNR) meeting this December 2, 2025. FOCC has written and submitted three pages of comments, which you can see here. Accompanying our […]
For background on developments and issues regarding Clark County’s nearly 4,000-acre conservation property, view our last Camp Bonneville Breakdown for the newsletter here. The Clark County Council’s Initial Vote Against the FBI Contract On Tuesday, August 19th, after sustained advocacy from the community over many years to protect the public safety, health, and interest, the […]
As you know, central to Friends of Clark County’s mission is to protect local farms and to create vibrant and equitable communities. This is why FOCC cares very much about food security, and why we work every day to advance smart land use policy and build a resilient, local food system. This past year, food […]
Thank you to those donated to us for Giving Tuesday! This Radar is created every week by community outreach staff supported by grassroots community dollars. Our end-of-year fundraising campaign is still active, so if you appreciate this effort, please consider chipping in and donating any amount to FOCC today. You can learn more about our […]
To Commissioner Upthegrove and the members of the Board, In September, we wrote to you with concerns about the Turnover timber sale and requested that you deny the harvest plan as it was written. We have been attempting to convey with urgency that Clark County’s remaining naturally regenerated forests such as Turnover, Dendrophobia, Copper Head, […]