Wildlife Habitats – Friends of Clark County in SW Washington

September 21, 2026

Your Future, Your Voice: Call to Action for the Final Clark County Council Comp Plan Update Hearing on Thursday, October 1st at 4pm

in Accountability, Climate Change, Comprehensive Plan & Growth Management Act, Farmland & Forests, General, Housing & Transportation, Local Food Systems, Parks, Trails, & Open Spaces, Responsible Development, Rivers, Lakes & Aquifers, Wildlife Habitats

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, […]

September 17, 2026

Washington Department of Commerce Sends Letter to Clark County Regarding Compliance Issues With Draft Comp Plan Update

in Accountability, Climate Change, Comprehensive Plan & Growth Management Act, Farmland & Forests, General, Housing & Transportation, Local Food Systems, Responsible Development, Rivers, Lakes & Aquifers, Wildlife Habitats

May 28, 2026

Heroes and Antiheroes of Washington’s Legacy Forest Protection Movement: A Forest News Update

in Climate Change, Farmland & Forests, Wildlife Habitats

Submitted by Mary Goody, FOCC Board of Directors As always, Friends of Clark County’s Forest Team is working hard to follow all of the moving parts on the legacy forest preservation front and take action by engaging with the DNR, BNR, and Clark County leadership. Read on to learn what FOCC, as well as our […]

April 28, 2026

Read Forest Advocates’ Letter to Governor Ferguson Regarding Board of Natural Resources Representative

in Climate Change, Farmland & Forests, Wildlife Habitats

Dear Governor Ferguson, 4/26/2026 On April 18th you spoke briefly at the event supporting the Roadless Rule that Trump is attempting to rescind. You said, “This is something I feel very very strongly about personally,” speaking about times you have spent hiking and climbing in WA. We are extremely glad to know your […]

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 […]

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

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

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 […]

June 23, 2025

READ FOCC’s Letter to the Clark County Council Re: Turnover Timber Sale and DNR-managed Clark County Trust Lands

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

RE: Turnover Timber Sale and DNR-managed Clark County Public Lands Dear Clark County Council, My name is Mary Goody and I am a board member of Friends of Clark County, a non-profit environmental advocacy organization that has been working collaboratively with Clark County since 1996 to protect our quality of life and economic viability for […]

March 4, 2025

Fighting for the Destiny of the Dabbler

in Climate Change, Farmland & Forests, Parks, Trails, & Open Spaces, Rivers, Lakes & Aquifers, Wildlife Habitats

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 […]

December 2, 2024

FOCC Supports Friends of the Columbia Gorge Against 356th Public Road Dedication Request by Zimmerly Mining

in Accountability, Climate Change, Mining, Rivers, Lakes & Aquifers, Wildlife Habitats

(Photo from Friends of the Columbia Gorge) For a brief background on this issue, read the Columbian’s coverage here. Read Friends of the Columbia Gorge’s history of Zimmerly’s egregious and illegal behavior here. Continue reading to review Friends of Clark County’s public comment submitted for the 356th Avenue road dedication decision: Friends of Clark County, […]

October 23, 2024

Friends of Clark County and Farmers Support NO on 2117: Help Us Defend Washington State’s Climate Commitment Act

in Climate Change, Farmland & Forests, Parks, Trails, & Open Spaces, Rivers, Lakes & Aquifers, Wildlife Habitats

With just two weeks until Election Day and ballots already in your mailbox, there is no doubt that you’ve heard some rumblings about a slate of initiatives that were purchased by a single hedge-fund millionaire from California, Brian Heywood, sponsor of the Let’s Go Washington campaign. One of the most frightening of these is Initiative […]