Last month, a presentation was given to the Clark County Council (serving as the Clark County Board of Health) by Clark County Public Health about the Clark County Heat Watch Project as part of Public Health’s Climate Action Program. Did you know that existed in the county?!—because we didn’t! It was noted that this was […]
In the last newsletter, we let you know about yet another delay with the Comprehensive Plan update, which calls into question compliance with state law (and therefore access to much-needed grants and low-interest loans), the potential to lose 519 acres of prime agricultural land in Ridgefield and La Center, and the devastating impacts of more […]
Tickets for Friends of Clark County’s annual fundraising dinner on September 14th are available now! Read about how important this fundraiser is—especially this year—on the front page of our website here: https://friendsofclarkcounty.org/ Last week: The Clark County Council discussed the Dendrophobia timber sale because it had been issued a Determination of Non-Significance (DNS) and was […]
Tickets for Friends of Clark County’s annual fundraising dinner on September 14th are available now! Read about how important this fundraiser is—especially this year—on the front page of our website here: https://friendsofclarkcounty.org/ Last week: At a work session, the Clark County Council was asked for guidance on setting the greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction target for […]
Tickets for Friends of Clark County’s annual fundraising dinner on September 14th are available now! Read about how important this fundraiser is—especially this year—on the front page of our website here: https://friendsofclarkcounty.org/ Last week: There was a work session on the Comprehensive Plan Update Housing Code, followed by an annexation discussion with the City of […]
Tickets for Friends of Clark County’s annual fundraising dinner on September 14th are available now! Read about how important this fundraiser is—especially this year—on the front page of our website here: https://friendsofclarkcounty.org/ Last week: WE WON on advocating to the council to get on the record regarding the Turnover Timber sale, BUT we learned that […]
Tickets for Friends of Clark County’s annual fundraising dinner on September 14th are available now! Read about how important this fundraiser is—especially this year—on the front page of our website here: https://friendsofclarkcounty.org/ Last week: At the Tuesday Clark County Council meeting, the council approved the request for approval of a contract proposal with ECONorthwest to […]
We recommend you get caught up on FOCC’s recent Comp Plan forum if you haven’t already: https://friendsofclarkcounty.org/watch-our-june-2025-forum-on-planning-for-our-collective-future-in-clark-county-the-final-stretch-of-the-comprehensive-plan-update/ Last week: There was a very informative work session on Pacificorp’s proposed transmission line that would affect many parts of the county. Notably, Councilor Matt Little urged the council to commit to ensuring the environmental review (when it […]
July 8th, 2025 Scott Sargent, Pacific Cascade Region Manager Via: SEPA Center P.O. Box 47015 Olympia, Washington 98504-7015 sepacenter@dnr.wa.gov Re: Turnover Timber Sale – SEPA comments (File No. 25-042301) Dear Mr. Sargent, Friends of Clark County (FOCC) is a local non-profit advocacy organization representing its thousands of supporters who are residents of Clark County, Washington. […]
We recommend you get caught up on FOCC’s recent Comp Plan forum if you haven’t already: https://friendsofclarkcounty.org/watch-our-june-2025-forum-on-planning-for-our-collective-future-in-clark-county-the-final-stretch-of-the-comprehensive-plan-update/ Last week: There were no Clark County Council meetings last week, so there was no FOCC Radar. There was a Regional Transportation Council (RTC) meeting, which you can watch on CVTV here: https://www.cvtv.org/ This week: Wednesday, July 9th […]