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What’s on our Radar – Week of May 12th, 2025

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Last week: If you missed last week’s Radar, you can get caught up here: https://friendsofclarkcounty.org/whats-on-our-radar-week-of-may-5th-2025/ Clark County Comp Plan Update Agricultural Lands Study/Non- Compliance Saga:🌻THANK YOU to those of you who showed up in defense of our collective future at the Clark County Council meeting last Wednesday! If you’ve been out of the loop, here’s […]

Legislative Update 

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Friends of Clark County has been tracking progress on bills in the state legislature related to our mission. April 27th was the session end, and even with significant budget challenges they managed to finish on schedule.   Most of the bills we started watching never went anywhere, and that is generally a good thing. We were […]

Challenges of Small-Scale Farming in Clark County by Justin Burger

in Farmland & Forests, General, Local Food Systems

Challenges of Small-Scale Farming in Clark County By Justin Burger, owner of Burger Family Farms and Friends of Clark County board member Farming in Clark County is already tough, but for small farmers like me, the biggest challenge isn’t just the work, it’s navigating the complex, overlapping, and often contradictory regulations that make it nearly […]

What’s on our Radar – Week of April 28th, 2025

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The GiveBIG campaign season has begun! Please check out our fundraising appeal to learn about everything we do to protect and create a thriving Clark County, as well as why we need your support! https://friendsofclarkcounty.org/givebig-to-friends-of-clark-county/ Last week: If you missed last week’s Radar, you can get caught up here: https://friendsofclarkcounty.org/whats-on-our-radar-week-of-april-21st-2025/ Last week was a slow […]

What’s on our Radar – Week of April 21st, 2025

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The GiveBIG campaign season has begun! Please check out our fundraising appeal to learn about everything we do to protect and create a thriving Clark County, as well as why we need your support! https://friendsofclarkcounty.org/givebig-to-friends-of-clark-county/ Last week: If you missed last week’s Radar, you can get caught up here: https://friendsofclarkcounty.org/whats-on-our-radar-week-of-april-14th-2025/ BIG (and disappointing) update regarding […]

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 […]

What’s on our Radar – Week of April 14th, 2025

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URGENT Call-to-Action on the Clark County Comp Plan Update for the Clark County Council meeting TOMORROW, Tuesday, April 15th at 10am! View the action in the link or read on below: https://friendsofclarkcounty.org/%f0%9f%9a%a8-call-to-action-to-save-6000-acres-of-ag-forest-land-in-the-clark-county-comprehensive-plan-update/ Last week: If you missed last week’s Radar, you can get caught up here: https://friendsofclarkcounty.org/whats-on-our-radar-week-of-april-7th-2025/ The Clark County Climate Community Advisory Group held […]

What’s on our Radar – Week of March 31st, 2025

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  Last week: If you missed last week’s Radar, you can get caught up here: https://friendsofclarkcounty.org/whats-on-our-radar-week-of-march-24th-2025/ Victory in sight! Last Wednesday at Council Time, the Clark County Council gave unanimous direction to move forward with repealing the Chelatchie Bluff surface mining overlay (SMO) over environmentally sensitive forest land in response to FOCC’s win at the […]

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