Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve, PA - Part 6 Aquetong Meadow

This section is unfinished as of November 2021, but you can still walk here. Please steer clear of the fenced in areas that the landscapers are working on.

Meadow Directory Sign, Habitat Construction Sign, Trail with Construction Sign in Background, Trail with Bowman's Tower in Background. Photos by Nature Photographer Pam Hirst at PKH Photography. Writing by Freelance Content Writer and Travel Blogger Meghan Hirst at Meghan Hirst, Writer.

This is another part of the preserve that was hit by awful weather! :O However, like the Founder's Pond and New Pond, it ended up being advantageous. A destructive wave of descending air from a thunderstorm (microburst) knocked down the forest here in the summer of 2016. With the trees gone, more sunlight was now able to reach the ground. The workers recognized that the new environment was perfect for cultivating native plants. It is also a nice place to get a view of the tower from a distance.

This area can naturally revert back to being a forest. For this reason, the workers need to carefully monitor and maintain it.

If you want to read exactly what steps were taken to construct this meadow habitat, check out the preserve's website. There were a lot!

We will be discussing the South Meadow next!

Have you ever witnessed a microburst? Nature is definitely scary sometimes :O