Over the last several weeks Avalonia and Eastern Connecticut Conservation District (ECCD) staff and volunteers have dedicated more than one hundred hours to implementing the first stages of a restoration project along the banks of the Anguilla Brook in Stonington. …
Story and Photos by Sharon J Lynch (Avalonia Board Member) On a recent Saturday in late May, a small group of land stewards and forestry professors visited Avalonia’s Hoffman Evergreen Preserve in Stonington. They came to discuss the efforts made…
Between stockpiling seeds, transplanting vulnerable saplings, and propagating plants in makeshift greenhouses and along windowsills, the expertise and generosity of Avalonia’s volunteers gives our small-scale restoration projects a botanical jumpstart. This type of work is critical and yet often goes…
by Lili Kane, Land Stewardship Intern Three weeks ago, a small group of Avalonia volunteers and staff joined Dr. Carole Cheah, a research scientist from the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, at Hoffman Preserve in Stonington for an exciting new venture…
If you have driven down East Clarks Falls Road in North Stonington during the last two months, it is likely you have noticed an increase in activity at our Yannatos Preserve. Sitting astride the junction of Wyassup Brook and Green…
Avalonia’s Stewardship Team has been fortunate this winter to be able to offer two short-term project-based internships. These are designed to give an introduction into the fundamentals of environmental conservation, as well as to provide critical assistance to Avalonia in…
A forum on March 7 to introduce the public to Avalonia’s plan for an accessible trail at Cedar Wood Preserve in Norwich was attended by a crowd both appreciative and full of good ideas. The forum was held at Otis…
In conjunction with the Yale School of the Environment course ‘Strategies for Land Conservation,’ graduate students Jake Barker and Nasra Mohamed are working with Avalonia to help develop an easy-to-use invasive plant prioritization tool. Over the course of the spring…
Over two years ago, a committee was tasked to create an information center or a “kiosk” that welcomed visitors, providing information about how the preserve was created, who made it possible, and guidelines for visitor conduct during their time on…
The Connecticut Botanical Society has generously awarded Avalonia grant funding to initiate a small-scale wetland restoration project on our Anguilla Brook, Northern Headwaters Preserve in North Stonington. This effort will focus on the restoration of a nearly 3/4-acre portion of…