UPDATED: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Join us at Knox Preserve (84 Wilcox Road, Stonington, CT) on Saturday, March 14th at 10am to film a special video as a thank you to selected donors. You don’t need to read any lines, we simply need you to cheer and smile. The more the merrier, so please…
This event has been cancelled due to Coronavirus concerns. Avalonia trails remain open, but visitors need to use caution, avoid large groups, and use good judgement when meeting other hikers. While winter has hardly lived up to its name, an amazing variety of frogs, salamanders, and aquatic invertebrates have spent the colder season in hiding.…
Please join us for our Annual Meeting on Sunday, September 27, 2020 from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm! Our meeting will be on Zoom this year, but we hope to see your smiling faces on the computer screen. Topic: Annual Member Meeting Time: Sep 27, 2020 06:30 PM Eastern Time Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88222245000 Meeting…
Do you want to help save land? Do you like getting a good workout in? If you answered yes to both of those questions, then you should sign up for the Great Avalonia Trail Trek! The Great Avalonia Trail Trek is a week-long fundraiser from Saturday, October 17 to Sunday, October 25 that will give…
Join us at the Hoffman Preserve on Saturday, October 17 as Hull forester Chris Casadei leads a woods walk "For the Birds: A Forest Tour of Avalonia Conservancy's Hoffman Preserve." This is an easy 2-mile walk and participants will view and discuss recent forest management activity designed to improve forest health and wildlife habitat. This…
Join the Terri Eickel and the Preston Town Committee on Saturday, April 17 from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm to support the Town of Preston's annual Roadside Clean-Up. Covid safety protocols in place; registration and masks required. Registration required. Register here.
Join the members of StoneRidge to assess (with a goal of starting some of the construction with installation to follow a few weeks later) the stair repairs that day, cut back any brush, remove trip hazards, place benches and add the StoneRidge signage as described and allowed by Avalonia. Covid safety protocols in place, registration…
Join us on a three mile adventure of discovery at one of CT’s premiere walking destinations. For our Earth Day adventure we will visit a series of seldom noted treasures (large and small) hidden in plain sight along the trail: historic stoneworks and the fascinating beautiful world of lichen and Bryophytes. Bring a snack, water,…
In honor of Earth Day, we’ll be hiking the main trail of Avalonia’s Benedict Benson Preserve on a mission to find signs of spring. There are sure to be emerging fern fiddleheads, the calls of amphibians and newly arrived migrant songbirds, including, perhaps, the rare Cerulean Warblers that occasionally call the refuge home, and a…
It's Earth Day, so join Ledyard Town Committee Chair Laurie Gorham for a hike of Barrett Preserve in Ledyard. Get outside, breathe the fresh air, and celebrate the Earth! Covid protocols in place. Registration limited to 14 people. Masks required. Registration required. Register here.