Fall 2023 Newsletter
Our Avalonia Trails Fall 2023 Edition is now available.
Avalonia Welcomes a New Staff Addition, Ukiah Pastor
We are thrilled to announce a new addition to our office staff, Ukiah Pastor. Ukiah has tons of experience including project management, bookkeeping, and customer database management. Ukiah lives in Groton. She’s an avid snowboarder who loves cooking from…
Charter Oak Federal Credit Union’s Matching Gift Program Is Back!
Charter Oak Federal Credit Union will match all qualified* charitable donations YOU make to Avalonia Land Conservancy starting Tuesday, August 15, 2023. They will be giving away $200,000 for 100 days – whichever comes first - so please make your…
Big News! Avalonia Has Just Closed on a New Preserve!
City of Norwich Transfers 26.99 Acres to Avalonia Hunter Brook Preserve will provide open space and wetland conservation on Hunters Road Avalonia Land Conservancy, Inc. has closed on an important wetland and forested conservation parcel in a transfer from the…
Three New Additions Bring Avalonia’s Total Conserved Lands to 5,006 Acres!
The first quarter of 2023 has been an exciting one for Avalonia Land Conservancy. We have closed on three properties that have increased Avalonia’s conservation holdings and ensured their protection. Pike-Marshall Preserve In early May, we closed on the…
Pine Swamp Wildlife Corridor Trails Remain Open During Eversource Work
Trails are open at Avalonia’s Pine Swamp Wildlife Corridor, even as Eversource continues its work at maintaining and improving access along the powerline right-of-way. It is asked, however, that patrons exercise reasonable caution, be aware of workers and vehicles, and…
2022 Membership Appeal
Because you live in southeastern Connecticut, you know that our region is extraordinarily beautiful. We are lucky to live in an area that features such diversity of nature - the sparkling shoreline, flowering meadows, abundant forests, and bountiful farms, as…
2022 Avalonia Fall Appeal
Standing in front of a bright red ribbon, Paulann Sheets grasped the scissors and smiled. In the early 1980’s, her husband announced that he had purchased 86 acres in North Stonington. “I want to save a forest,” he told her.…
