The Bennett's Millpond Project is a new collaborative program for aquatic environmental learning partnering The Science House, the Albemarle Learning Center, Chowan County, and NC State University. This program will focus on studying the environment of an unusual and historic space, the colonial-era Bennett's Millpond near Edenton, NC. The Millpond and the surrounding area are considered a coastal swamp and have not previously been studied. Research and data collected will include water quality (chemical, physical, and biological), hydrology of the area, meteorology, and aquatic and terrestrial flora and fauna.

See photos of the Hurricane Isabel's impact on the Millpond in September 2003

Two years after Hurricane Isabel - a new look for Bennett's Millpond

This project is funded by a grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and is administered by The Science House at North Carolina State University.