Avalonia is pleased to welcome Kennedy Holsapple and Amelia Newstadt as our new Land Stewardship Interns for the 2026 summer season! This internship program is once again generously sponsored by the Southeastern New England Educational and Charitable Foundation (SNEC) and,…
Congratulations to Yale School of the Environment students, Salma Huque and Jake Frame, on the successful completion of their Strategies for Land Conservation Clinical Project! With their help Avalonia has submitted twenty additional Natural Diversity Database (NDDB) requests to the…
In association with the Yale School of the Environment's spring 2026 course ‘Strategies for Land Conservation', graduate students Salma Huque and Jacob Frame have begun working with Avalonia on an important clinical project. They join part of a larger ongoing…
The Southeastern New England Educational and Charitable Foundation (SNEC) has again generously funded Avalonia's summer-long internship program. This will be an opportunity for students, enrolled in undergraduate or graduate degree programs in natural sciences, environmental studies, land conservation, or related…
By Conor Feeney During my first few weeks at Avalonia, the focus was primarily on helping to complete the annual monitoring tasks for each preserve. During these site visits, Avalonia makes sure that recognized conservation values are intact and that…
Stonington resident Conor Feeney has joined the ranks of Avalonia's interns and will be assisting our stewardship team for the next several months. A graduate from the University of Connecticut class of 2022 with a B.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary…
Stewardship is pleased to begin working with another student from Three Rivers Community College Environmental Engineering Technology Program. Join us in welcoming Caitlyn Angeletti to our team this fall. Caitlyn will assist us in the research and writing of Natural…
Our summer interns, funded by Southeastern New England Educational and Charitable Foundation, made an indelible mark on Avalonia’s stewardship efforts during their eleven weeks with us this summer. From annual monitoring to restoration work to boundary posting and bridge building,…
By Dusk Homiski Prior to this summer, I would have told you that I was already somewhat familiar with the Avalonia Land Conservancy. I had hiked many of their preserves, read many interesting signs posed within them, and grown a…
Story and photos by Coleman Pushlar and Morgan Reynolds We have officially reached the halfway point of the internship (a bittersweet milestone), and so far, it has been packed with land stewardship and conservation activities. It has been a joy…