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  • Avalonia’s 2024 Membership Drive

      Our team is shivering with excitement! January has proven to be a busy and productive time as we plan 2024. From upcoming acquisitions to engaging events, there's a lot to look…

  • Samuel Lamb & Forsberg Preserve field

    Volunteer work party at Samuel Lamb and Forsberg Preserve, in Ledyard

    Samuel Lamb and Forsberg Preserve Town Farm Road, Ledyard, CT, United States

    Please consider joining us for our inaugural stewardship event of 2024.  Avalonia’s Ledyard Town Committee is organizing a work party at the Samuel Lamb and Forsberg Preserve in Ledyard for this…

  • White and Red Oak Planting at the Herman E. Sheets Family Forest

    Sheets Family Forest Puttker Road, North Stonington, CT, United States

    Join us from 9-12 Saturday April 13th in North Stonington at the Herman E. Sheets Family Forest to help plant bare root oak seedlings! This spring we begin the second…

  • Wequetequock Cove Clean Water Coalition Festival

    Avalonia will join other organizations and core communities on Sunday July 14 for the Wequetequock Cove Clean Water Coalition  (WCCWC) Festival! Funded in part through a grant from the Long Island Sound Stewardship Fund,  this free festival is designed to engage the local community, recruit members for the WCCWC, and provide education about the watershed. …

  • Glemboski Forested Wetland

    Stewardship and Trail walk at the Glemboski-Ous Preserve in Bozrah and Montville

    Glemboski-Ous Preserve South Road, Bozrah, United States

    ...an opportunity to enjoy the beautiful post-Labor Day autumnal weather... We would like to invite you to join us from 9-12 Sunday, September 15th at the nearly 160 acre Glemboski-Ous Preserve to assist Avalonia's stewardship team in posting our preserve boundaries, light trail maintenance, and blazing/marking our existing trail system. As we traverse the old…

  • Help to Build Screech-Owl Nesting Boxes

    First Congregational Church, Norwich , CT 81 East Town Street, Norwich, CT, United States

    As part of a Girl Scout Gold Award Project, you are invited you to join in with other members of the community to assist in building a total of 20 screech-owl nesting boxes.  The event will take place on the evening of September 16 from 6:00-7:30 at the First Congregational Church in Norwich and has…

  • Water Fest 2024!!

    Sponsored by the Alliance for the Mystic River Watershed, Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, and the Lantern Hill Valley Alliance, come immerse yourself in issues of Community, Collaboration, Water, and Watershed Protection! 7:30-9 For early-bird hikers! Choose easy or rugged hikes on Lantern Hill ​9:30-4 Waterfest 24, at 72a Long Pond Road (the area between Homestead and…

  • (CANCELED BOTH DAYS) Stewardship Work Party at Alden Fish Family Preserve

    Alden Fish Family Preserve 0 Sandy Hollow Rd., Groton, United States

    Join us Saturday morning, September 21 at 9:00 a.m. (rain date 9/22) at Avalonia’s new Alden Fish Family Preserve in Groton and be a part of our efforts at managing this 42 acre preserve.   This event will focus on clearing the invasive Japanese Knotweed along Sandy Hollow Rd.  Volunteers are asked to bring gloves,…

  • Celebration of the Wood-Pawcatuck Wild and Scenic Rivers Stewardship Council Community Grant Program

    Grey Sail Brewing 63 Canal St., Westerly, RI, United States

    Green Fall River at Yannatos Preserve The Wood-Pawcatuck Wild & Scenic Rivers Stewardship Council is hosting an event at Grey Sail Brewing in Westerly, RI on September 22, 2024 from 11:00 - 3:00 to celebrate their Community Grants Program, their partners in conservation, and the various projects funded over the last year. Avalonia will host…