News From Your Friends – Page 7 – Friends of Clark County in SW Washington

March 31, 2025

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

in General

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 […]

March 24, 2025

What’s on our Radar – Week of March 24th, 2025

in General

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-17th-2025/ FOCC wrote a letter in support of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) and their recent requests of Clark County, which you can read here: https://friendsofclarkcounty.org/view-foccs-letter-of-support-for-the-bicycle-and-pedestrian-advisory-committee-bpac/ Food Waste Prevention Week: At the Tuesday evening Council meeting, they passed […]

March 21, 2025

View FOCC’s Letter of Support for the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC)

in Climate Change, Comprehensive Plan & Growth Management Act, Housing & Transportation

Hello Clark County Council, Public Works Staff, and Planner Husting, Friends of Clark County wholeheartedly supports the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC’s) requests that Clark County implement the 2010 BPAC Master Plan and the 2025 Work Plan Goals and Action Strategies, with a few additional comments: Clark County faces a convergence of urgent crises: […]

March 16, 2025

What’s on our Radar – Week of March 17th, 2025

in General

Last week: ICYMI: BIG GOOD NEWS on the Clark County Comp Plan Update. You can check out last week’s Radar for the full rundown, and keep in mind whether you or your organization are interested in writing to the Council in support of their new direction prior to the resolution coming back to them. […]

March 6, 2025

2025 Legislative Update

in Climate Change, Farmland & Forests, Housing & Transportation

In addition to helping us and other organizations locally, our partner Futurewise advocates for sane land use legislation at the state level. You can find their advocacy page here. Futurewise’s priorities this year include Rent Stabilization, Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), and fighting sprawl. Sign up for updates to get their Grow Together campaign alerts so that you can act […]

March 4, 2025

Clark County Climate Community Group Coming to a Close

in Climate Change

Friends of Clark County has been following along with the Clark County Climate Community Advisory Group (CAG) process, which is now in its final stages. We recently did a deep dive into the CAG’s Draft Goals and Policies and submitted comments suggesting improvements and emphasizing our climate priorities. Our Perspective While there are lots of […]

March 4, 2025

Comprehensive Plan Update: March 2025

in Comprehensive Plan & Growth Management Act

Overview Since our last update, the County has selected the alternatives to be included in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Comprehensive Plan Update in accordance with the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA). Staff had proposed three alternatives: No changes to urban growth boundaries (UGBs) (this is known as the “No Action Alternative” […]

March 4, 2025

The Ongoing Saga of the Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad (PVJR)

in Climate Change, Farmland & Forests, Mining, Rivers, Lakes & Aquifers

As always, we are closely following the long and winding story of the PVJR and all of its tendrils. Here are the updates as well as actions our members can take this month on this issue. We appreciate all of you who have already written letters, made calls, and donated! 1) Last month, the Environmental […]

March 4, 2025

Camp Bonneville Breakdown

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

One year ago, Friends of Clark County published a newsletter article detailing community concerns surrounding the cleanup process of Camp Bonneville, a 3,840-acre County-owned property located in the foothills of the Cascade Range about 7 miles north of the Columbia River in East County that was used as a military training camp for 85 years. […]

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 […]