News From Your Friends – Friends of Clark County in SW Washington

January 15, 2026

URGENT: Help Protect 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, Good news for Clark County: Senator Adrian Cortes (D-18) has introduced SB 5820, 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 […]

January 12, 2026

What’s on our Radar – Week of January 12th, 2026

in General

REGISTER for Bridging the Gap: Funding Our Parks and Trails. Our first forum of 2026 will be on Thursday, January 22nd from 5 – 6:30 pm. Go straight to registering and secure your spot here. More information here. Have a question about parks for our panelists? Email info@friendsofclarkcounty.org to submit your question for the forum! […]

January 4, 2026

What’s on our Radar – Week of January 5th, 2026

in General

REGISTER for Bridging the Gap: Funding Our Parks and Trails. Our first forum of 2026 will be on Thursday, January 22nd from 5 – 6:30 pm. Register and find more information here: https://friendsofclarkcounty.org/save-the-date-for-foccs-january-22nd-parks-forum/ 📣 Your Future, Your Voice: Call to Action for the Clark County Joint Hearing on the Preferred Alternative for the Comp Plan […]

January 4, 2026

Your Future, Your Voice: Call to Action for the Clark County Joint Hearing on the Preferred Alternative for the Comp Plan Update on January 15th

in Climate Change, Comprehensive Plan & Growth Management Act, 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 over 500 acres of prime agricultural lands and meaningful climate action in Clark County’s Comprehensive Plan Update. What’s happening? Clark County is revising its Comprehensive Growth Management […]

January 4, 2026

Register for FOCC’s January 22nd Parks Forum!

in Climate Change, Comprehensive Plan & Growth Management Act, Parks, Trails, & Open Spaces

Register for FOCC’s upcoming forum, Bridging the Gap: Funding our Parks and Trails. Our first forum of 2026 will be on Thursday, January 22nd from 5 – 6:30 pm and will be focused on parks in Clark County. Exploring natural places provides renewal, feelings of well-being, and a sense of harmony with the broader community and […]

December 22, 2025

What’s on our Radar – Week of December 22nd, 2025

in General

This Radar is created every week by community outreach staff supported by grassroots community dollars. Our end-of-year fundraising campaign is underway, so if you appreciate this effort, please consider chipping in and donating any amount to FOCC today. You can learn more about our work this year on our website’s home page. 📣 The Clark […]

December 22, 2025

Heritage Farm Community Survey Open Through January 8th, 2026

in Farmland & Forests, Parks, Trails, & Open Spaces

20251215 Heritage Farm Survey E&S

December 12, 2025

Comprehensive Plan Update December 2025

in Comprehensive Plan & Growth Management Act

In our last newsletter, we found that the Clark County Council had decided to do an agricultural lands study after all, which you can read all about in the following article! The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Comp Plan Update was published October 1st, which opened a 60-day comment period that ended on […]

December 12, 2025

What’s on our Radar – Week of December 15th, 2025

in General

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 […]