Priorities and approximate timelines
- Create use agreements with Regional Special Weapons and Tactical (SWAT); Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF); and Metro Explosives Disposal Unit (MEDU)
- Quarter 1, 2026: Draft SWAT agreement
- Quarter 1, 2026: Discussion with Clark County Council about ATF and MEDU
- Improve access control security at the Camp Bonneville main gate
- Quarter 1, 2025
- Update, June 2025: Clark County Public Works now maintains control of access at the entrance gate
- Update, September 2025: The FBI access panel has been disabled. Public Works will develop a standard procedure for granting access permissions to county staff and contractors.
- Update, December 2025: Complete
- Support Washington State Department of Ecology in finalizing the draft periodic review for presentation to the community
- Quarter 4, 2025: Draft report published, Ecology open house
- Quarter 1, 2026: Ecology will finalize the periodic review
- The Washington State Department of Ecology has issued the Draft First Periodic Review report, available on their website. A public comment period was open between Nov. 1 and Dec. 31, 2025. Ecology also held an open house on Dec. 10 about the periodic review. Please visit Ecology’s website for additional information.
- Complete a fence repair and upgrade project near Livingston Mountain quarry
- Quarter 3, 2025
- Update, September 2025: The fence repair project has been completed. The previous section of fence in this location was a five-strand barbed wire fence. The fence was repaired to address issues with trespassing onto the property. Click here for a photograph of the complete project.
- Update, December 2025: Complete
- Maintain and repair fence
- Ongoing; as of December 2025, the county has completed clearance and/or maintenance on 3.5 miles of fence line since August, including the property perimeter fence line and CITA fence line
- Open bid for road maintenance pilot project, for construction services for maintenance of several miles of general access roads at Camp Bonneville
- Quarter 3, 2025 (notice to contractors)
- Update, September 2025: Contractor Swofford Excavating will be blading and regrading multiple existing forest road locations along the south side of the property. Work will also include culvert replacements. Work is expected to begin in September and be completed by quarter 4.
- Update, December 2025: Swofford Excavating will return in Q2 2026, to finish the work specified in the contract.
- Demolish four barrack structures within the Camp Killpack cantonment. These structures were selected for demolition because of their poor condition.
- Quarter 4, 2025
- Update, September 2025: Contractor Groat Brothers will be removing four temporary barracks structures. This includes the demolition of the four structures, removal and disposal of debris, backfilling and restoration of the project area. Debris will be disposed of off-site with care taken to manage paint identified as being lead-based. Work will begin in mid-September and is expected to be completed within a few weeks.
- Update, December 2025: Complete
- Plan shaded fuel break: mapping and layout of shaded fuel break units prioritizing portions of west, north, and south boundaries for brush removal and timber sale
- Quarter 4, 2025
- Update, June 2025: proposals received in May 2025 are currently being evaluated
- Update, September 2025: A contractor has been selected. Work will be completed in Quarter 4, 2025 and Quarter 1, 2026. Public Works is seeking to present this information to council in a work session sometime in Quarter 1, 2026.
- Support Washington Department of Ecology in finalizing the Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study for Remedial Action Unit 2c or Landfill 4/Sitewide Groundwater
- Quarter 2, 2026
- Repair damaged signage along fence lines
- Ongoing, concurrent with ongoing fence maintenance and repair; warning signs are required every 50 feet along the fence line, including the perimeter fence line and the CITA fence line; click here for an example of the signs being installed
- Install signage along Central Valley Floor roads, informing public about past military use of Camp Bonneville
- Quarter 3, 2025
- Update, September 2025: Completed. Click here to view a photo of the type of sign that has been installed. Additional signs will be installed along roads and trails outside of the Central Valley floor.
- Replace and improve gates restricting access into the Central Impact Target Area (CITA), and install additional gates outside the CITA to provide a 500' buffer to further restrict access to the CITA
- Quarter 4, 2025
- Update, January 2026: Pacific Fence began gate installation in Q4 2025 and will return, when conditions allow, in Q1 or Q2 2026 to complete the work. Click here for a photo of the types of buffer gates that have been installed. Click here to view a photo of the type of gate installed at the CITA entrance.
- Upgrade site security with installation of onsite cameras in select locations
- Quarter 4, 2025
- Update, September 2025: Installation began in early September.
- Update, December 2025: phase one is complete; cameras were installed at the front gate and Range Control building
- Develop site-specific health and safety plan, institutional control manual, and long-term operations and maintenance plan for Camp Bonneville
- Quarter 4, 2025
- Update, September 2025: A draft of a site-specific health and safety plan has been developed, but will continue to be updated. The long-term operations and maintenance plan is currently in development.
- (Added January 2026) Open bid for RAU 2C groundwater monitoring services. The current contract for groundwater monitoring services, held by Apex (formerly PBS) ends on June 30, 2026.
- Q1 2026: Notice to contractors
- Q2 2026: Contractor selection and negotiations
- Q3 2026: Contract begins