Volunteers are integral to Avalonia's success, helping to protect natural spaces while strengthening connections within the community. Whether you prefer getting your hands dirty on the trails, shaping the organization’s future behind the scenes, or bringing people together through events,…
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…
Always happy to talk about Avalonia's stewardship efforts! As a part of Brad Gentry and Walker Holmes' Strategies for Land Conservation class at Yale School of the Environment the discussion included, among other things, topics of fee simple and…
Avalonia values its role as a host for a range of scientific studies across the nearly 5000 acres of diverse habitat that make up its fee simple preserve system in southeastern CT. Currently our preserves are being evaluated for inclusion…
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…
By Susan Hibbard, Stonington Town Committee Chair On November 12, 2025, Stonington Town Committee was able to undertake a long-awaited fencing repair project at Copps Brook Preserve on Al Harvey Road. While STC had previously received a grant from…
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…
With the excitement of over a thousand acres of newly conserved land on the immediate horizon, one might forgive Avalonia’s stewardship team for not sharing more about its recently acquired Erwin and Naomi Goldstein Preserve in Griswold. There is, however, more…
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…