As a stalwart consumer of the USDA Climate Hub educational webinars, I was enthralled by the recent Forest Dwelling Bat Conservation panel discussion. With shifting focus between Tri-colored, Eastern Red, and Northen long-eared bats, among others, it was an incredibly…
Something of a Valentine’s week tradition, on February 11th, Director of Stewardship, Tobias Glaza, spoke with Yale’s School of the Environment students about Avalonia’s role in the “Perpetual Obligation: Land Trust Stewardship”. As a part of the Strategies in Land…
While I hesitate to say that there is ever a “slow “period for Avalonia stewardship, with the completion of the annual monitoring of our preserves and conservation easements, we have been able to catch our breath, although with the recent…
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…
This coming spring many of us who hike the Avalonia preserves from Bozrah, to Griswold, south to the coast and in between will be keeping our eyes peeled for evidence of the Eastern screech-owl (Megascops asio), a small cavity nesting…
The Sunday before Thanksgiving, Tefftweald at Birchenturn Preserve in North Stonington was a bustle of activity, likely more than it had seen in several months. Avalonia staff and volunteers braved the chill and after an initial rendezvous at the pavilion,…
The work wasn’t glamorous (it rarely is), but on a recent Sunday morning a group of volunteers, together with Avalonia’s Director of Stewardship, met at Cedar Wood Preserve in Norwich to assess and begin the management of the invasive vegetation…
Fifteen participants from a half dozen different towns were out early Sunday morning, October 27, 2024 at the newest Avalonia acquisition, Glemboski-Ous Preserve at South Road on the Bozrah-Montville Town lines. At 159.42 acres, the Preserve has nearly 2 miles…
Anytime of year, in my opinion, is the right time to visit an Atlantic white cedar swamp, but on Saturday October 5th all the environmental variables seemed to align, giving us a beautiful day for a “swamp walk”. A contingent from…
Story and Photos by Dennis Main Nearly a dozen people showed up to support our stewardship efforts at Pike Marshall Preserve in Ledyard on Sunday, September 29, 2024. Beginning at the parking lot along Gallup Hill Road at the Burton…