Above: A large chestnut oak sits high on a ridge on Avalonia's 409-acre TriTown Forest Preserve. The oak is but one example of the unusual flora and fauna found on this extraordinary land. The preserve is the conservancy's largest acquisition…
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read article with The Day (by Martha Shanahan) photo: Avalonia board members examine a colonial foundation on one of their potential acquisitions.
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Avalonia Land Conservancy is very pleased to announce that a $55,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Long Island Sound Future’s Fund will be used to develop and implement a coastal resilience management plan designed specifically for their…
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Some good news! According to this article in the Westerly Sun by Cynthia Drummond, this year's butterfly season has been a "banner year" for monarchs. To learn why the monarch's numbers are up, and other species' may (or may not) be…
Avalonia Land Conservancy will be launching a 5-year capital campaign to finance the acquisition of over 2,000 acres of high conservation-value land in southeastern Connecticut. That process began early this year with two land donations of almost 100 acres (see…
Thanks to a passion for the environment and a longtime friendship between two local families, Avalonia Land Conservancy has received a gift of land in Stonington. The 28-acre gift is a portion of a much bigger forest. Small back roads…