This Sequim Prairie Farmland Project is to purchase the development rights on 41.28 acres of viable farmland historically used for pasture and hay on the north edge of Sequim's city limits. The soil is gravelly sandy loam with excellent drainage The property is leased by Gary and Janice Smith and has been in haylage production for the past 20 years, as an integral part of their nearby 750 acre Maple View Farm, the largest pioneer farm in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley. The long-term farming of haylage on this property is important in sustaining the continued production of dairy products from the Maple View cows.

The subject farmland has water, excellent farm to market access, infrastructue and there are no features or nearby land that would restrict farming. It is habitat for small animal species providing prey for raptors and buffers a riparian habitat along Gierin Creek in WIRA 18. This project provides the City of Sequim with a unique opportunity to implement its Comp Plan priority of historical and cultural rural preservation as well as a potential site for a community Agriculture Processing Center. North Olympic Land Trust and Friends of the Fields Foundation will partner with the City of Sequim for administration and monitoring tasks.