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Making space for nature in Camas

City, county work to protect 100 acres of natural space near Lacamas Lake

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Kayakers enjoy a sunny spring day on Lacamas Lake in Camas. City leaders are working to secure properties along the lake's northern shores, to conserve natural spaces and start to build a trail that will someday encircle the lake. (Contributed photo courtesy of A. Paul Newman)

Two months after the Board of County Councilors approved $7 million worth of land conservation projects, including a $4.8 million Camas effort to preserve 100 acres near the northern edges of Lacamas Lake, local leaders are working with landowners to secure natural space and forest land before it can be developed — and pave the way for a planned multi-use trail system that will someday encircle the lake.

“We are actively trying to secure property,” Camas City Administrator Pete Capell said this week. “Some of the talks are moving along quicker than others.”

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