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May 4, 2025

SAVE THE DATE for our June Forum on Planning for our Collective Future in Clark County: the Final Stretch of the Comprehensive Plan Update

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

Do you care about local farms, healthy forests, clean water, clean air, the climate crisis, parks, walkability, housing and transportation, fish, wildlife, and creating vibrant and equitable communities? So does Friends of Clark County! That’s why advocacy around the Clark County Comprehensive Plan update process in accordance with the Washington State Growth Management Act (GMA) is […]

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 […]

April 11, 2025

🚨 CALL-TO-ACTION to Save 6,000 acres of Ag & Forest Land in the Clark County Comprehensive Plan Update

in Climate Change, Comprehensive Plan & Growth Management Act, Farmland & Forests

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 […]

March 21, 2025

View FOCC’s Letter of Support for the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC)

in Climate Change, Comprehensive Plan & Growth Management Act, Housing & Transportation

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: […]

March 4, 2025

Comprehensive Plan Update: March 2025

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Overview Since our last update, the County has selected the alternatives to be included in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Comprehensive Plan Update in accordance with the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA). Staff had proposed three alternatives: No changes to urban growth boundaries (UGBs) (this is known as the “No Action Alternative” […]

February 18, 2025

Friends of Clark County Public Comment on the Climate Community Advisory Group’s Draft Goals and Policies

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

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 […]

December 17, 2024

Comprehensive Plan Update: Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) Alternative Hearing Breakdown

in Climate Change, Comprehensive Plan & Growth Management Act, Farmland & Forests

What is the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Comprehensive Plan Update and what was this hearing about? Clark County and its cities are updating their comprehensive plans. The land use alternatives proposed for the cities and the county will be evaluated as part of the Environmental Impact Statement for Clark County’s Comp Plan […]

December 16, 2024

FOCC’s Bold Vision for Agriculture in Clark County: View Part of Our Comprehensive Planning Comments to the Clark County Council

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

Our Bold Vision for Agriculture in Clark County *Not included in its entirety are FOCC’s full comments, including a 23-page executive summary of legal and advocacy arguments, 5 packets containing 6 additional letters, soil maps, photos, and other supplementary documentation sent to Clark County for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement alternatives hearing for the Comprehensive […]

November 10, 2024

Land Use, The Forgotten Climate Solution: Help Advocate for Friends of Clark County’s Climate Change Priorities

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

Clark County’s public participation process is underway to collect feedback from residents on climate change for unincorporated Clark County. CLARK COUNTY WANTS AND NEEDS YOUR INPUT, so please take some time to learn about FOCC’s climate priorities that are targeted toward tackling the root causes of much of our climate woes: land use. The county’s […]

October 23, 2024

Fall Comprehensive Plan Update

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

Photo from Clark County government Link to Clark County’s 2025 Comprehensive Planning page here: 2025 Update | Clark County (wa.gov) In our last update, the County had adopted the Population and Employment allocation, which determines what future population and job numbers each of the cities and the county need to plan for. The county had […]