Stewardship
Fall Clean-up of Avery Preserve Parking Area
Work Party!!! Avery Preserve Parking Area Saturday, October 14th, 9-11 am (or until we get tired). Our efforts will be focused on clearing the sightlines inside and outside of the parking area. Over the years it has been a challenge to keep this spot open and the encroaching vegetation at bay. With increased visibility, both…
Volunteer work party at our model climate resilient forest, the Hoffman Preserve, in Stonington
Hoffman Evergreen Preserve 580-632 CT-201, Stonington, CT, United StatesIn 2018 Avalonia initiated a climate resiliency forestry plan at this preserve, including the planting of many tree species projected to do well in the face of ongoing climate change. While most of these have succeeded in becoming established, we do need to help them out by cutting back surrounding vegetation, including grey birch suckers…
Volunteer work party at Samuel Lamb and Forsberg Preserve, in Ledyard
Samuel Lamb and Forsberg Preserve Town Farm Road, Ledyard, CT, United StatesPlease 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 coming Saturday (2/24). Our efforts will be devoted to clearing vegetation from the stone wall that runs along Shewville Road. This work will complement our…
Third Annual Stewardship Day – Saturday April 13, 2024
Spring has sprung and it's time to clean up the trails! If you are itching to get outside, we have multiple opportunities to help clear the trails, remove invasives, plant trees, and more. Stewardship activities will be on Saturday, April 13. Times and activities may vary by location - see below for preserve locations and…
White and Red Oak Planting at the Herman E. Sheets Family Forest
Sheets Family Forest Puttker Road, North Stonington, CT, United StatesJoin 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 phase of a larger, multi-year restoration effort, in which volunteers, together with Avalonia staff, will work to get more than 300 red oak (Quercus rubra)…
Introduction to Stewardship at our Newest Preserve, Glemboski-Ous in Bozrah and Montville
Glemboski-Ous Preserve South Road, Bozrah, United StatesMemorial Day weekend isn't complete without an opportunity to stretch your legs and to enjoy the onset of late Spring/early Summer in the woods! We would like to invite you to join us from 9-12 Sunday, May 26th at the nearly 160 acre Glemboski-Ous Preserve to learn more about how Avalonia, with the help of…
Trail-Clearing Work Party at Glemboski-Ous
Glemboski-Ous Preserve South Road, Bozrah, United StatesJoin Avalonia's Northern town committee at our newest preserve, Glemboski-Ous, in Bozrah on Sunday, June 9 to help us clear some of the trails. As a follow-up to the Introduction to Stewardship event on May 26, we will again be walking the primary farm/'logging' roads and clearing the lower safety, emergency, and maintenance access route…
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. …
Phish and the Waterwheel Foundation to Clear Trails at Glemboski-Ous Preserve
Glemboski-Ous Preserve South Road, Bozrah, United StatesThe Waterwheel Foundation is kicking off a new round of hands-on volunteer opportunities at certain Phish Summer Tour stops — and Avalonia made the list! Join us on Wednesday, July 24 from 10 am - 12 pm at Glemboski-Ous Preserve in Uncasville where we’ll be clearing trails. Avalonia’s leadership team will be there to guide…
Knotweed Management at Shunock River Complex
Please join Avalonia stewardship staff, intern, and volunteers at the Parke Memorial Preserve, in North Stonington, on Wednesday July 31 at 9:00 to help manage an infestation of Japanese Knotweed. We have been following the Nix the Knotweed management protocols at this preserve and it is time for the second cutting of Japanese knotweed for the year ( I know, we are a bit behind schedule)! We plan to meet at the…