Dodge Paddock & Beal Preserve Marsh Restoration Field Trip and Workshop
2025-10-16 10:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Stonington Community Center, 28 Cutler Street, Stonington, CT, 06378, United States
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 Stonington Community Center, joined by Connecticut Sea Grant and local volunteers who helped make this project possible. They will share behind-the-scenes project details, lessons learned, and discuss plans for the future, followed by a guided tour of the site.
Find out all the details — lunch will be provided!
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Upcoming Landscape Mobile App Tutorial
2025-12-02 18:30 - 19:30 | CT
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.
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Avalonia’s volunteers have more than met the call by embracing the use of Landscape land conservation software and its accompanying mobile app. We began our transition to this program nearly two years ago and since then we’ve held numerous formal and informal training sessions. Since May of this year, we have dedicated the first Tuesday of each month for virtual tutorials and trouble shooting sessions for existing Landscape users.
Our “critical mass” of volunteers using the Landscape mobile app has certainly grown, with nearly 60 active users, but we are looking, this coming December 2 from 6:30 – 7:30 pm, to engage with first time users in a virtual training session. Prerequisites are few …access to a computer, use of a smart phone, a one hour attention span, and the desire to apply what you learn one one or more of our beautiful preserves.
Register here so that a user profile can be developed for you and so that any necessary information can be funneled your way in advance of December 2th.

Trail Work at Founders Preserve In Ledyard
2025-12-04 | CT
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 the roadway and allow us to better plan for a potential bridge.

We plan to meet at the preserve parking area at 334 Colonel Ledyard Highway on December 4 at 9:30. It is a third of mile walk from the trail head to worksite. We’ll work until about mid-day.

All participants will receive training in invasive plant identification and best management practices. Tools and light refreshments will be provided. Please wear sturdy footwear (muck boots or low waders might be a good idea), bring thick gloves, and drinking water.
