White Salmon Tree Board, Oct. 9 — Despite no funding for a Tree Walk to showcase the city’s beautiful trees, board members keep plugging away at the project. The state Department of Natural Resources may have some helpful resources for other projects. And data shows Bingen has just 26% tree cover, compared to 51% in White Salmon. Read full meeting notes from documenter Caroline Elliott.
Skamania County Planning Commission, Oct. 7 — Planning Commissioners made their final zoning recommendations for the last bits of privately owned land that didn’t have a designation in Skamania County. In a 5-2 vote, they proposed zoning 426 acres residential, and 1,650 acres as commercial resource lands. Read full meeting notes from documenter Caroline Elliott.
Skamania County Board of Commissioners, Oct. 7 — Commissioners want to know the impact on Hwy 14 when Oregon doesn’t plow I-84. Stevenson High School is staring a new drug awareness program called “Song for Charlie.” 4-H needs more volunteers and the “Forest Youth Success” job training program needs more money. Read full meeting notes from documenter Linda Zeigenfuss.
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These briefs were provided by Columbia Gorge Documenters, powered by Uplift Local; for full meeting notes, visit columbia-gorge.documenters.org.
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