Meadowbrook Farm Traditional Geocache
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Several cachers have seen elk herd near this cache. Meadowbrook Farm is 460 acres of scenic and historic public open space on the Snoqualmie Valley floor, located within the cities of Snoqualmie and North Bend. By oral tradition the birthplace of the Snoqualmie Tribe,was maintained for thousands of years by the Snoqualmies as a hunting and food gathering prairie. White settlers homesteaded the property in the 19th century and it eventually became the world's largest hop farm.
The ancestors of the Snoqualmie Tribe lived on this land for at least 9,000 years. It is believed it was the birthplace of the tribe,"Hyas Kloshe Ilahee" (the Great Good Land), and the world. Early white settlers homesteaded the prairie for farms, and these were consolidated during the late 1800's to form the world's largest hop ranch. Subsequent farmers raised crops, dairy herds, greenchop and hay. The land was acquired as jointly owned public open space by Snoqualmie and North Bend in 1996 for historic and cultural interpretation, wildlife habitat, ongoing agriculture, and public recreation. Today, much of Meadowbrook Farm remains open meadow and wetland forest, as it has been for centuries. The two cities established the Meadowbrook Farm Preservation Association, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization, to manage the property, and implement its master site plan. Completion of a new Interpretive Center building on-site provides an all-weather focal point for public enjoyment and use of the farm. This cache was placed as part of the 30th Anniversary Celebration of the use of Conservation Futures. Since 1982, King County had partnered with cities, including Snoqualmie and North Bend, nonprofit groups and civic leaders to protect 111,000 acres of land from development including 99,000 acres of Cascade foothills; 3,200 acres of urban greenbelts and parks; 4 miles of Puget Sound shoreline; 4,700 acres of riparian habitat on rivers and creeks; and leveraged $150 million in matching funds.
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