Camas Tree Protectors get honks of support

A group of about three dozen members of the Camas Tree Protectors (CTP) group waved signs and shouted for passing drivers to honk in support of Camas’ urban trees at an event held July 17, across the street from a new subdivision off Northwest 43rd Avenue in Camas.

Alicia King, a member of the CTP group, which boasts more than 500 members on its Facebook site, said organizers planned the visible “sit-in” event near the development at 2223 N.W. 43rd Ave., after CTP members learned Camas city leaders had signed a private settlement with the developer, Waverly Homes LLC of Vancouver, effectively dismantling a Clark County hearings examiner’s 2018 decision to retain nearly 40 trees on the property.