Climate change
What’s at stake? The loss of 3,000 acres of agricultural land and 3,000 acres of forest in Clark County’s Comprehensive Plan Update to sprawling development and mining. What’s happening? The Clark County Council recently gave direction to amend the scope of work for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the 2025 Comp Plan Update […]
Hello Clark County Council, Public Works Staff, and Planner Husting, Friends of Clark County wholeheartedly supports the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC’s) requests that Clark County implement the 2010 BPAC Master Plan and the 2025 Work Plan Goals and Action Strategies, with a few additional comments: Clark County faces a convergence of urgent crises: […]
In addition to helping us and other organizations locally, our partner Futurewise advocates for sane land use legislation at the state level. You can find their advocacy page here. Futurewise’s priorities this year include Rent Stabilization, Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), and fighting sprawl. Sign up for updates to get their Grow Together campaign alerts so that you can act […]
Friends of Clark County has been following along with the Clark County Climate Community Advisory Group (CAG) process, which is now in its final stages. We recently did a deep dive into the CAG’s Draft Goals and Policies and submitted comments suggesting improvements and emphasizing our climate priorities. Our Perspective While there are lots of […]
As always, we are closely following the long and winding story of the PVJR and all of its tendrils. Here are the updates as well as actions our members can take this month on this issue. We appreciate all of you who have already written letters, made calls, and donated! 1) Last month, the Environmental […]
One year ago, Friends of Clark County published a newsletter article detailing community concerns surrounding the cleanup process of Camp Bonneville, a 3,840-acre County-owned property located in the foothills of the Cascade Range about 7 miles north of the Columbia River in East County that was used as a military training camp for 85 years. […]
Photos courtesy of Joshua Wright of Legacy Forest Defense Coalition If you’re a regular FOCC supporter and/or you attended our recent forum on forests, chances are you know all about the Dabbler legacy forest timber sale. But, for those of you who don’t know, here is the long and short of it: For months, FOCC […]
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 […]
Hello Clark County staff, CAG, and Environmental Justice Coalition (EJC) members, FOCC thanks you for your work thus far to create goals and policies for protecting Clark County residents, especially our children and grandchildren, from the dire impacts of the climate emergency by working together to recommend adaptation and mitigation measures. We recognize all of […]
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) […]