This lower meadow was created in 2010, and has made a successful transition to a healthy habitat. This herbaceous-dominated ecosystem hosts wildlife that form a complex and vital food web. The photo you submitted will track the long-term and seasonal changes of this beautiful landscape.

Lower Meadow West

Kingman Island and Heritage Island are islands in Northeast and Southeast Washington, D.C., in the Anacostia River. Both islands are man-made, built from material dredged from the Anacostia River and completed in 1916.

Lower Meadow West

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