Thirty-eight Acres of Farmland Preserved

All three Clallam County Commissioners approved a resolution authorizing a conservation easement for the Dungeness Valley Creamery Farmland Preservation project.

In return for keeping their land a farm and not selling out to developers, the landowners — Jeffrey and Debra Brown — will be compensated. They’ll receive a check equal to the appraised value of the development rights of their property.

Friends of the Fields and the North Olympic Land Trust had both been working for this arrangement. Getting county approval was their last hurdle. The project was made possible by a grant from the Farmland Preservation Program of the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program.

A spokesman for North Olympic Land Trust said: “That was the last signature that was needed. This conservation easement will go with the titles forever.”