The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources designated the Lowville Fen Natural Area in Lowville as a Pennsylvania Wild Plant Sanctuary in 2010.
Meant to encourage the conservation of natural areas and native plants, the Wild Plant Sanctuary program recognizes private landowners who serve as models of good conservation and stewardship of these special resources.
Located 15 miles southeast of Erie, the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy’s 260-acre Lowville Fen Natural Area is part of the conservancy’s West Branch French Creek Conservation Area. It contains a unique plant community fed by calcium-rich groundwater that provides habitat to nearly a dozen rare, threatened or endangered plant species. The West Branch French Creek Conservation Area is open to the public. There are hiking trails and the area IS OPEN to hunting, so please use caution during hunting season!
Congrats to Mobey3 on the FTF!!!