Please consider joining Avalonia Stewardship staff and volunteers on the morning of Saturday April 12th from 9:00 -12:00 at our Cedar Wood Preserve in Norwich and be a part of our efforts at managing this beautiful nearly 50-acre preserve! For this first phase of work, we will be implementing recommendations associated with a recent…
Please join Avalonia stewardship staff and volunteers at the Parke Memorial Preserve in North Stonington, on Saturday April 19 at 9:00 to help in the restoration of floodplain/riparian habitat along the Shunock River. This free event is open to all-comers! Over the years great strides have been made at Parke Memorial in reducing the amount of Japanese knotweed and in encouraging…
Please consider joining Avalonia Stewardship staff and volunteers on the morning of Saturday April 26th from 9:00 -12:00 at our Cedar Wood Preserve in Norwich and be a part of our efforts at managing this beautiful nearly 50-acre preserve! During this second phase of work, we continue to implement recommendations associated with a recent…
Please consider joining Avalonia Stewardship staff and volunteers on the morning of May 3rd from 9:00 -12:00 at our Hunter Brook Preserve in Norwich and be a part of our larger efforts at enhancing wildlife habitat on this beautiful 27-acre preserve! For this second phase, work will consist of implementing recommendations associated with the…
Avalonia and the Sustainability Team of Preston invite you join them at the Reed Memorial Woodlands and Mitchell Preserve in North Stonington/Preston, on Saturday May 10 from 9-12. Sometimes simple tasks are the most enjoyable! Take in the lush greenery fed by Main Brook, the ingenuity of the beavers, and breathtaking views from atop cedar…
Join the Eastern Connecticut Conservation District (ECCD) and Avalonia Land Conservancy for a hands-on volunteer day at the Anguilla Brook Northern Headwaters Preserve in Stonington/North Stonington. We’ll be working along the brook to remove invasive plants such as Autumn olive, multiflora rose, bittersweet, and Japanese barberry. This important first step will make way for…
The lifeblood of Avalonia has always been the passion and commitment of its volunteers! This is no more evident than in the realm of stewardship where we rely on volunteers to assist in maintaining trails, monitoring properties, and to engage in a variety of conservation projects. Scan QR code to register Avalonia’s volunteers have more…
Get Ready for Coastal Resilience Month! October is Long Island Sound Coastal Resilience Month, and we are teaming up with Long Island Sound Partnership and Connecticut Sea Grant for a field trip they are hosting to the marsh restoration project at Dodge Paddock and Beal Preserve in Stonington Borough. We will start the day at…
The lifeblood of Avalonia has always been the passion and commitment of its volunteers! This is no more evident than in the realm of stewardship where we rely on volunteers to assist in maintaining trails, monitoring properties, and to engage in a variety of conservation projects. Scan QR code to register Avalonia’s volunteers have more…
Join Avalonia Land Conservancy for a hands-on volunteer day at the new Founders Preserve in Ledyard. We’ll be working along the main trail near the dam on Tribrook Pond to remove obstructive invasive plants such as Autumn olive, multiflora rose, bittersweet, and Japanese barberry. This important first step will give us visual access to…