Wet Meadow and Watershed

The animal pastures, from years and years of use, had negatively impacted the natural landscape on the property.  County employees moved the pastures to their current locations, and worked hard to reintroduce a natural habitat here.  This wet meadow allows for better conservation for the streambed to your left, called the Zaccharias Creek. Stop and listen, can you hear the "babbling brook" sound? As you stroll through this area, keep an eye out for black gum trees, water beech trees, and the ironweed wildflower.  You may also spot wildlife like great blue heron, leopard frogs, red-winged blackbirds, and a variety of helpful insects.

To continue on to the final stop, keep walking along the nature trail.  You will pass another trail marker.  Once you walk past the historic house, seen on your right, and enter the next grove of trees, you are at the final stop of this tour.