Accountability – Friends of Clark County in SW Washington

October 15, 2026

Clark County Council’s Comp Plan Update unlawfully expands urban growth areas and allows destruction of prime farmland

in Accountability, Climate Change, Comprehensive Plan & Growth Management Act, Farmland & Forests, General, Local Food Systems

To our supporters who believe in our vision of a flourishing Clark County thriving with local farms, healthy forests, clean water, protected wildlife habitats and neighborhoods that are vibrant and diverse with parks and natural areas accessible to all: On October 5th, the majority of the Clark County Council voted to adopt a comprehensive plan […]

September 21, 2026

Your Future, Your Voice: Call to Action for the Final Clark County Council Comp Plan Update Hearing on Thursday, October 1st at 4pm

in Accountability, Climate Change, Comprehensive Plan & Growth Management Act, Farmland & Forests, General, Housing & Transportation, Local Food Systems, Parks, Trails, & Open Spaces, Responsible Development, Rivers, Lakes & Aquifers, Wildlife Habitats

Help us advocate for a sustainable future balancing growth, the preservation of prime agricultural land, and meaningful climate action in Clark County. What’s at stake? The loss of hundreds of acres of prime agricultural lands and meaningful climate action in Clark County’s Comprehensive Plan Update. Background Clark County is revising its Comprehensive Growth Management Plan, […]

September 17, 2026

Washington Department of Commerce Sends Letter to Clark County Regarding Compliance Issues With Draft Comp Plan Update

in Accountability, Climate Change, Comprehensive Plan & Growth Management Act, Farmland & Forests, General, Housing & Transportation, Local Food Systems, Responsible Development, Rivers, Lakes & Aquifers, Wildlife Habitats

December 9, 2025

Camp Bonneville Update

in Accountability, Climate Change, Comprehensive Plan & Growth Management Act, Rivers, Lakes & Aquifers

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 […]

May 5, 2025

🚨 CALL-TO-ACTION to Save Hundred of Acres of Agricultural Land in the Clark County Comprehensive Plan Update May 7th at 1pm!

in Accountability, Climate Change, Comprehensive Plan & Growth Management Act, Farmland & Forests, Housing & Transportation, Local Food Systems

What’s at stake? The loss of 519 acres of agricultural land in Clark County’s Comprehensive Plan Update to sprawling development, the delay (6 months to a year or more) of passing urgent climate, transportation, and housing policies, noncompliance with state law, and ineligibility for grants and low-interest loans from the state that could be lost […]

April 28, 2025

Dabbler Legacy Forest Logging Moving Forward!

in Accountability, Climate Change, Farmland & Forests

Dabbler photo courtesy of Joshua Wright The Latest We are very sad to report that on March 28th, 2025, Judge Derek Vanderwood of the Superior Court of Washington denied Legacy Forest Defense Coalition and FOCC’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction (PI) of the Dabbler forest Units 1, 2 and 3 in eastern Clark County. However, we […]

April 21, 2025

Clark County Comprehensive Plan Update: The Latest Developments

in Accountability, Climate Change, Comprehensive Plan & Growth Management Act, Farmland & Forests, General, Housing & Transportation, Local Food Systems, Parks, Trails, & Open Spaces

Background In our last update, the Clark County Council had adopted the Draft Environmental Impact Study (DEIS) alternatives for the Comprehensive Plan Update. Alternatives are options for the Comp Plan that the cities and county put forward to be studied for environmental impacts in accordance with the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), which requires that […]

February 21, 2025

URGENT Dabbler Call-to-Action by Wednesday, February 26th!

in Accountability, Climate Change, Farmland & Forests

Friends, we are down to the wire. You may recall that FOCC and our allies celebrated a recent win with the Clark County Council regarding the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Dabbler timber sale of 156 acres of structural complex, naturally regenerated, “almost old growth” forest with carbon sequestration superpowers in the Sioxion area […]

February 11, 2025

Camp Bonneville: Read FOCC’s Questions and Comments for Clark County Ahead of Critical Council Decision

in Accountability, Climate Change, Farmland & Forests, Parks, Trails, & Open Spaces

Hello Councilors, Friends of Clark County respectfully submits these questions and comments for the record ahead of the Camp Bonneville Work Session scheduled for February 12th. 1) Will the County answer the question of how each of the known law enforcement uses (firing range, deployment of chemical agents, storage of explosives, and detonation of explosives) […]

February 10, 2025

ACTION NEEDED by February 14th: Write the EPA Urging REAL Accountability for the Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad/Eric Temple

in Accountability, Mining, Railroad, Rivers, Lakes & Aquifers

Hey Friends, Friends of Clark County and allies have learned about a proposed settlement between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad (PVJR)/Eric Temple regarding its unlawful destruction of the Curtin Creek and Chelatchie Prairie areas of Clark County. Outrageously, the settlement only proposes a $65,000 penalty on this multimillionaire, which […]