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 […]
For background on developments and issues regarding Clark County’s nearly 4,000-acre conservation property, view our last Camp Bonneville Breakdown for the newsletter here. The Clark County Council’s Initial Vote Against the FBI Contract On Tuesday, August 19th, after sustained advocacy from the community over many years to protect the public safety, health, and interest, the […]
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 […]
As you know, central to Friends of Clark County’s mission is to protect local farms and to create vibrant and equitable communities. This is why FOCC cares very much about food security, and why we work every day to advance smart land use policy and build a resilient, local food system. This past year, food […]
Thank you to those donated to us for Giving Tuesday! This Radar is created every week by community outreach staff supported by grassroots community dollars. Our end-of-year fundraising campaign is still active, so if you appreciate this effort, please consider chipping in and donating any amount to FOCC today. You can learn more about our […]
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, […]
Giving Tuesday is TOMORROW! This Radar is created every week by community outreach staff supported by grassroots community dollars. If you appreciate this effort, please consider chipping in and donating any amount to FOCC today. 📣 The Clark County Agricultural Lands Study was completed and FOCC needs your help. Check out our Call to Action […]
On behalf of Friends of Clark County (FOCC) , I am pleased to shave the opportunity to submit our comments on the draft of the SEPA environmental impact statement as presented by Community Planning to Clark County on October 1, 2025. Although there may be more instances in which more comment could be appropriate, we […]
Giving Tuesday is just around the corner! This Radar is created every week by community outreach staff supported by grassroots community dollars. If you appreciate this effort, please consider chipping in and donating any amount to FOCC today. You can also read about how FOCC is changing the narrative this giving season on our website […]
Hey Friends, This giving season, Friends of Clark County is changing the narrative and encouraging you to go back to the basics, to take part in building the community resiliency that we urgently need, and to give and receive with intention—backed by your values rather than pressure from corporate spending campaigns. That’s why […]