Lower Potomac Field Station

The Lower Potomac Field Station is located on, and oversees the 800 acres of, the Meadowood SRMA on Mason Neck in Fairfax County, Virginia. and Field Station staff manage the SRMA to provide open space for recreation, environmental education, and wild horse and burro interpretation. The Mason Neck peninsula, approximately 18 miles south of Washington, D.C., is also the site of Gunston Hall - historic home of George Mason IV, author of the Virginia Bill of Rights.

Public uses on Mason Neck include the Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Mason Neck State Park managed by the Commonwealth of Virginia, and Pohick Bay Regional Park managed by the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority.

Cooperative management of this rural area provides 500 acres for recreation while protecting natural resources. Mason Neck provides habitat for migratory and resident waterfowl, bald eagle nesting, feeding, and roosting, and enhancement of species diversity for a variety of wildlife, including blue heron, wood ducks, screech owls, bluebirds, and tree frogs.