In 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…
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 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…
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…
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…
Memorial 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…
Join 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…
The 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…
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…
You are invited to join us this Saturday August 31 from 9-11am as we work to manage a Japanese barberry infestation at our Pine Swamp Wildlife Corridor. Many hands will make light work and together it is expected that we will make significant progress in controlling this invasive plant species. Plans are to hand pull…
...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…