The site, about half of which is wetlands, was previously used for military research, and is now run by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the Potomac River National Wildlife Refuge Complex.
The site, about half of which is wetlands, was used for military research by the U.S. Army's Harry Diamond Laboratories from the 1960s to the 1990s. It is now run by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the Potomac River National Wildlife Refuge Complex.