Farmland & Forests

Farm viability, agricultural land preservation, healthy forests

April 10, 2026

Your Future, Your Voice: Call to Action for the Clark County Council Hearing on the Preferred Alternative for the Comp Plan Update on Monday, April 27th

in Comprehensive Plan & Growth Management Act, Farmland & Forests, Housing & Transportation

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, […]

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March 30, 2026

VICTORY on Protecting Clark County Resource Lands from Irresponsible Railroad Expansion

in Comprehensive Plan & Growth Management Act, Farmland & Forests, Mining, Railroad, Rivers, Lakes & Aquifers

Support SB 5820 Dear Friends and Neighbors, SB 5820, introduced by Senator Adrian Cortes (D-18th District), is a bill that fixes a serious problem created by SB 5517 in 2017 related to irresponsible railroad expansion. SB 5517 carved out a special exception that allowed industrial development on resource lands and critical areas near a short-line […]

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March 25, 2026

Preserving Farmland in Clark County: Transfer of Development Rights Are Not The Answer

in Comprehensive Plan & Growth Management Act, Farmland & Forests

As Clark County enters the final months of its Comprehensive Plan Update, farmland preservation has become a flash point—particularly in proposals from the Cities of Ridgefield and La Center that would de-designate agricultural land. De-designation of viable agricultural land contrasts sharply with methods used elsewhere in Washington that actively maintain or grow the agricultural land […]

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March 17, 2026

The Agricultural Economy

in Farmland & Forests, Local Food Systems

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 […]

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March 17, 2026

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 […]

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March 16, 2026

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 […]

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March 16, 2026

Legacy Forest Update (March 2026)

in Climate Change, Farmland & Forests, Rivers, Lakes & Aquifers, Wildlife Habitats

Over the past 2 years, we have worked to enlighten folks to the plight of Washington State legacy forests–those areas of forest which have grown into peaceful, moss-covered diverse ecosystems where spotted owls, endangered western gray squirrels, marbled murrelets, and many other species cohabit among the huge trees. If left undisturbed, the trees will soon […]

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February 4, 2026

URGENT: Help us Advance the Ecosystem Services Bill (HB 2170 and SB 5999) to Protect Our Legacy Forests and Generate Revenue!

in Climate Change, Farmland & Forests

Watch the video explainer from the Center for Responsible Forestry, read FOCC’s letter to legislators, and then take action using CRF’s call to action! Take Action on the Ecosystem Services Bill FOCC’s Letter Dear legislators, I am writing on behalf of Friends of Clark County, a 501(c)(3) non-profit advocacy organization representing its thousands of supporters […]

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