Columbia, North Carolina

The Walter B. Jones, Sr. Center for the Sounds

Located on the Scuppernong River, the facility includes a visitor center, wildlife exhibits, Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge film and nature store (The Bears Den)

Eastern 4-H Environmental Education Conference Cen

As a brand new conference and training facility located on Bulls Bay and the Albemarle sound, the Eastern 4-H Center offers every day conveniences while "roughing it"

Partnership for the Sounds

Scuppernong River Interpretive Trail

A 3/4-mile loop through a pristine bottomland swamp along the Scuppernong River. Interpretive signs explain the workings of the blackwater swamp ecosystem and encourage visitors to look, listen and learn while they stroll through nature's garden.

Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge

Located in Washington, Hyde and Tyrrell counties. In 1990 the Conservation Fund donated land to the US Fish & Wildlife Service. This led to the establishment of Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, covering 111,000