Public Forum on Cedar Wood Preserve Trail Accessibility
Otis Library Community Room 261 Main Street, Norwich, United StatesCalling all Avalonia members and their friends! You are encouraged to attend a public forum on the design of a highly accessible trail at Cedar Wood Preserve in Norwich. Part of Avalonia’s comprehensive accessibility initiative, this event will feature landscape architect Chad Frost of Kent+Frost, who will present his provisional design. No advance registration is…
Avalonia Annual Meeting 2024
La Grua Center 32 Water Street, Stonington, ConnecticutJoin us for Avalonia’s Annual Members Meeting on Sunday, December 8 from 3 pm – 5 pm at the La Grua Center in Stonington Borough. Catch up with friends while you hear what Avalonia’s been up to, and what we have planned for 2025. Light refreshments will be served. Unfortunately, this event is…
Trust for Public Land (TPL) Presentation at Norwich City Hall
Norwich City Hall 100 Broadway, Norwich, CT, United StatesHonor Lawler, Trust for Public Land (TPL) Project Manager, will present a review of the work TPL, a frequent Avalonia collaborator, does across Connecticut, including projects in the State’s distressed municipalities. Accessibility Note: One on-street accessible parking space, plus additional accessible parking across the street on the upper level of parking garage. Building is highly accessible…
Vernal Pool Adventure at Babcock Ridge in North Stonington
Babcock Ridge 113 Babcock Road, North Stonington, CT, United StatesThere’s no better way to celebrate the arrival of spring than to visit a woodland pond alive with the sounds and sights of newly awakened amphibians and invertebrates—and there’s no more exciting time to do so than at dusk, when the local vernal pools are a noisy chorus of quacking wood frogs and bell-ringing spring…
Wildlife Habitat Enhancement at the Hunter Brook Preserve in Norwich
Hunter Brook PreservePlease consider joining Avalonia Stewardship staff and volunteers on the morning of March 29th 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 first phase, work will consist of implementing recommendations associated with the…
Wildlife Habitat Enhancement at Cedar Wood Preserve in Norwich
Cedar Wood Preserve 180 North Wawecus Hill Rd., Norwich, CT, United StatesPlease 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…
Restoration Planting at Parke Memorial Preserve along the Shunock River
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…
Wildlife Habitat Enhancement at Cedar Wood Preserve in Norwich- Phase II
Cedar Wood Preserve 180 North Wawecus Hill Rd., Norwich, CT, United StatesPlease 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…
Groton Earth Day 2025
Groton Public Library 52 Newtown Road, Groton, CTSAVE THE DATE! Join Avalonia and scores of vendors at the Groton Public Library on Saturday, April 26, 2025 (rain or shine), from 11 am – 4 PM for this annual event that aims to educate and inspire attendees to live more sustainably and take meaningful action against climate change. Stay tuned for more details…
A Near-Earth-Day Wildflower, Amphibian, and Early Returning Songbirds Saunter at Benedict Benson Preserve
Benedict Benson Preserve Swantown Hill Road, North Stonington, CT, United StatesThe Benson Preserve, a typical Southern New England post-agricultural-abandonment upland forest dominated by oaks, beeches, birches, and hickories, features many mature trees, some of them home to Pileated Woodpeckers, as well as to a wide array of hardwood forest songbirds, the most intriguing of which is the Cerulean Warbler. This stunning bird, which is listed…
