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  • Record Keeping Training Session

    Hatch Street Office 6 Hatch Street, Mystic, CT, United States

    There will be a short record keeping training session on Thursday, October 4 at 10:00 AM 6 Hatch St., Mystic to become familiar with the procedures. If you are interested, click HERE to sign on.…

  • Trail-Building Workshop

    Our trail-building workshop will be on Friday, October 12, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM. This session will be held on our Tri-Town Preserve (North Stonington) and taught by Connecticut Forest & Park Association’s Clare Cain, one of the state’s leading trail planners. Send an email to abpatterson@ctconservation.org with your name and contact information for the trail-building class. Interested in joining our new…

  • All Hands on Deck! Seedling Planting at Anna Coit Parcel

    Anna Coit Parcel 65 Denison Hill Road, North Stonington, CT, United States

    Here's the situation. Anna Coit, an amazing force of nature and long-time Avalonia supporter, willed a parcel of land to us that needs our help. We have secured 2,900 pine and spruce seedlings that need to be planted as soon as possible on Anna's property, as they can only live so long out of the…

  • Stewardship Day – April 9, 2022

    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, and…

  • Cedar Wood Bridge

    In Preparation for CT Trails Day: A Stewardship Opportunity at Cedar Wood Preserve

    Cedar Wood Preserve 180 North Wawecus Hill Rd., Norwich, CT, United States

    You are invited to join us on the morning of Sunday, May 14th at Cedar Wood Preserve in Norwich as we work to connect our improved parking area to the newly constructed vernal pool walkway. This effort will require some digging, moving, and compacting of processed gravel. Tools will be provided, but feel free to…

  • Sheets Family Forest

    Stewardship Opportunity with Avalonia & Reforest the Tropics

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

    Reforest The Tropics and Avalonia are seeking volunteers for a morning of environmental service at Herman E. Sheets Family Forest in North Stonington, Connecticut. Activities include tree planting, trail maintenance, and invasive species removal. Volunteers are asked to bring sturdy gloves and perhaps a tool of choice (loppers, handsaws, pruners). The event will start at…

  • Knotweed Removal from Shunock River Complex

    The recent late-season frost, while not a friend to the Spring gardeners amongst us, has turned out to be an ally in the management of Japanese knotweed. You may have noticed patches of it along the roadsides withered or stressed from the cold snap.  Perfectly timed, as we typically do a Spring cutting and removal…

  • White Oak Restoration – A Second Day of Planting

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

    If you weren't able to make it to last month's white oak planting, you have another chance! On Monday June 12th we've planned a morning of environmental restoration at Herman E. Sheets Family Forest in North Stonington, Connecticut. We will focus on planting, protecting, and watering approximately 50 white oak seedling.   Volunteers are asked to…