“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these ....[citizen scientists] from the swift completion of their appointed [iNaturalist] rounds,". OK, so clearly not postal workers and definitely written with a healthy dose of hyperbole, but nonetheless,…
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…
In partnership with Eastern Connecticut Conservation District (ECCD) and the Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (CT DEEP), Avalonia builds off its past restoration success in the Anguilla Brook Northern Headwaters preserve. ECCD was recently awarded an Urban Forested…
Avalonia is pleased to welcome Morgan Reynolds and Coleman Pushlar as our new Land Stewardship Interns for the 2025 summer season! This internship program is once again generously sponsored by the Southeastern New England Educational and Charitable Foundation (SNEC) and,…
Stewardship staff and volunteers devoted nearly forty hours this past Saturday to restoring native trees and shrubs to a portion of the Parke Memorial Preserve in North Stonington. Funded in part by a grant from Chelsea Groton Savings Bank,…
Last Saturday’s roadside cleanup at Avalonia’s Pike Marshall Preserve in Ledyard was an unmitigated success, measured in volume of garbage removed and, just as importantly, fellowship created! Three hardy souls from Avalonia's Ledyard Town Committee braved the unseasonably cold (…
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and Avalonia Land Conservancy (ALC) are looking for shorebird steward volunteers at Sandy Point Island! Together, the USFWS and ALC manage the Island for migrating shorebirds such as piping plovers, American oystercatchers, and least…
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…
Our passive listening devices recorded several species of ground-nesting birds last spring in the Preston Nature Preserve. Since many of these are birds of conservation concern, we are trying something new and are closing the Preserve to visitors for this…