Vancouver Resident Drops Legal Battle, Seeks Ecology Enforcement

0:00A Vancouver resident has ended her legal push to stop Clark County from letting law enforcement use the shooting range at Camp Bonneville. Patti Reynolds withdrew her court motion last week after filing it back in October. She claimed the county broke the rules set when the Army transferred the former military base in 2006 for natural resource conservation only. The motion aimed to block all future deals with agencies like the Sheriff's Office, FBI, and others for target practice, explosives training, or ammo. Storage. Meanwhile, the county council voted in August not to renew the FBI contract and the agency has cleared out its gear. Still, the Sheriff's Office and some local teams keep using the range. Camp Bonneville dates back to 1909 and served as a military training spot for 85 years until 1995. Since taking over, the county has been years and Army grants cleaning up unexploded bombs, contaminants, and polluted soil across the nearly four thousand acres.

1:00Retired judge Janet Landsberg tried to join the case, but they pulled back when it looked like the court would say they lacked standing to sue. Now the two women are urging the State Department of Ecology and Attorney General Nick Brown to enforce the conservation terms themselves. As cleanup wraps up, questions linger on how to protect this sensitive land while meeting community needs. That wraps Vancouver news today. Brought to you with AI.