Camas Earth Day Society DEIS Comments GENERIC INCLUSION FOR SUBSEQUENT AREAS OF ANALYSIS FOR CAMAS’ SPECIAL REQUEST: As discussed in Section 3.1. (D), the City of Camas did not provide adequate information to consider compliance with GMA and SEPA requirements and their specific request has been removed from consideration in the County’s action.
About the Camas Earth Day Society
The Camas Earth Day Society (2024) is a non-profit organization created to recognize, celebrate and aspire to the principles of Earth Day 1970. The Society created a legacy for Camas, along with the Camas Mill, as a principal root of Earth Day as shown in the Library’s
evening with Denis Hayes. The Society respects and maintains the legacy of a child growing up in a Camas mill family who went on to change the world. His childhood experiences started Denis Hayes’ journey to Earth Day and beyond. Earth Day’s amazing and immediate fallout from its 20 million attendees included environmental laws we now take for granted. The Society recognizes current conditions create the need for local, regional and state level actions to become more descriptive to local governments in implementing Washington's policy on climate change. Bringing people together was and continues to be a great lesson from Earth Day. Beyond our focus on educational work with Camas schools and the century-old Camas Public Library, both of which promote Earth Day principles including native planting and pollinator habitat, the Society is a voice for a community’s need for clean air, clean water and the respectable use of land. The Society has worked with a number of community and other stakeholders to develop a draft plan
to create a Mill District. While noting the benefits of a new chapter in the mill’s storied history, it is designed to be consistent and protective of remaining mill and future industrial opportunities. The Society is involved in working to ensure Camas’ water supply, contaminated with Forever Chemicals, is properly studied and remediated.
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