Heritage Farm Community Survey Open Through January 8th, 2026
20251215 Heritage Farm Survey E&S
December 22, 2025
Farmland & Forests
Farm viability, agricultural land preservation, healthy forests
December 11, 2025
The Ups and Downs of Dealing with Commissioner Upthegrove, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Board of Natural Resources: Legacy Forest Update
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 […]
December 7, 2025
The Agricultural Economy
Clark County’s Community Planning recently submitted to the public for review a draft of an Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), which considers the impact on various elements of our environment of the three alternatives under consideration in the Comprehensive Plan Update. Found in a small section of the DEIS (in the sections on Land Use and […]
December 4, 2025
Read FOCC’s Letter to the Board of Natural Resources on the Dendrophobia and Copperhead Timber Sales
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, […]
November 15, 2025
The Results Are In: FOCC Call to Action on the 2025 Clark County Agricultural Lands Study
in Climate Change, Comprehensive Plan & Growth Management Act, Farmland & Forests, Local Food Systems
Hey Friends, The 2025 Clark County Agricultural Lands Study, conducted by independent consultants hired by the unanimous determination of the Clark County Council, reached two important conclusions that should guide decision-making related to our agricultural resource lands in the 2025 Comprehensive Plan Update. First, the study found that all currently designated agricultural resource lands provide […]
September 24, 2025
Turnover Timber Sale Comments to the Board of Natural Resources
Friends of Clark County is a non-profit organization representing its thousands of supporters who are residents of Clark County, Washington. We reiterate our opposition to the Turnover timber sale and urge the Department of Natural Resources to respect the wishes of the people of Clark County and its elected representatives by rescinding the Determination of […]
August 20, 2025
Legacy Forest Updates
Turnover and Dendrophobia Timber Sales Since the devastating loss of the Dabbler legacy forest to a Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) timber sale, FOCC became aware that additional legacy forest timber units in Clark County were being considered for auction when we learned about the Turnover legacy forest timber sale AFTER the SEPA […]
August 20, 2025
Friends of Clark County’s 2025 Farmer Survey
Background In Spring 2025, FOCC reached out to farmers to ask them to take a survey with the goal of collecting information from farmers who are actively producing for the local market in order to: Engage them on topics that matter to them and connect them to local resources, and; Find farmers willing to use […]
August 20, 2025
Clark County Council Votes Down Contract for FBI’s Continued Misuse of Camp Bonneville
On Tuesday, August 19th, after sustained advocacy from the community over many years to protect the public safety, health, and interest, the Clark County Council voted down a new contract for the FBI’s continued use of Camp Bonneville, Clark County’s nearly 4,000 acre, forested conservation conveyance and former military reservation. Friends of Clark County joined […]
August 20, 2025
Comprehensive Plan Update: August 2025
In the last newsletter, we let you know about yet another delay with the Comprehensive Plan update, which calls into question compliance with state law (and therefore access to much-needed grants and low-interest loans), the potential to lose 519 acres of prime agricultural land in Ridgefield and La Center, and the devastating impacts of more […]