Wequetequock Cove Clean Water Coalition Festival
Avalonia will join other organizations and core communities on Sunday July 14 for the Wequetequock Cove Clean Water Coalition (WCCWC) Festival! Funded in part through a grant from the Long Island Sound Stewardship Fund, this free festival is designed to engage the local community, recruit members for the WCCWC, and provide education about the watershed. …
Phish and the Waterwheel Foundation to Clear Trails at Glemboski-Ous Preserve
Glemboski-Ous Preserve South Road, Bozrah, United StatesThe 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 24 from 10 am - 12 pm at Glemboski-Ous Preserve in Uncasville where we’ll be clearing trails. Avalonia’s leadership team will be there to guide…
Knotweed Management at Shunock River Complex
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…
Short Notice Stewardship Opportunity- Japanese Barberry Removal at Avalonia’s Pine Swamp Wildlife Corridor in Ledyard
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…
Cooper Preserve Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting
Cooper Preserve 41 Hewitt Road, North Stonington, CT, United StatesJoin us for the grand opening and ribbon cutting of the Cooper Preserve! There will be a dedication, remarks, and refreshments! Date: Saturday, September 7 Time: 10 a.m. Location: 41 Hewitt Rd. N. Stonington Parking: Park across the street in the Hewitt Farm parking lot (the road is gravel)
Guided Walk at Wequetequock Cove Preserve
Wequetequock Cove Preserve Located between Palmer Neck Road and Wequeteqock Cove, Stonington, United StatesLed by Lydia Pan of CT Wild Ones and Beth Sullivan from Avalonia, this is a guided walk at Wequetequock Cove Preserve in Stonington. We will look at the cove side preserve, note vegetation, changes in response to sea level rise as well as impacts by invasives. We will discuss the importance of coastal habitats…
Stewardship and Trail walk at the Glemboski-Ous Preserve in Bozrah and Montville
Glemboski-Ous Preserve South Road, Bozrah, United States...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 Preserve to assist Avalonia's stewardship team in posting our preserve boundaries, light trail maintenance, and blazing/marking our existing trail system. As we traverse the old…
Help to Build Screech-Owl Nesting Boxes
First Congregational Church, Norwich , CT 81 East Town Street, Norwich, CT, United StatesAs part of a Girl Scout Gold Award Project, you are invited you to join in with other members of the community to assist in building a total of 20 screech-owl nesting boxes. The event will take place on the evening of September 16 from 6:00-7:30 at the First Congregational Church in Norwich and has…
Water Fest 2024!!
Sponsored by the Alliance for the Mystic River Watershed, Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, and the Lantern Hill Valley Alliance, come immerse yourself in issues of Community, Collaboration, Water, and Watershed Protection! 7:30-9 For early-bird hikers! Choose easy or rugged hikes on Lantern Hill 9:30-4 Waterfest 24, at 72a Long Pond Road (the area between Homestead and…
(CANCELED BOTH DAYS) Stewardship Work Party at Alden Fish Family Preserve
Alden Fish Family Preserve 0 Sandy Hollow Rd., Groton, United StatesJoin us Saturday morning, September 21 at 9:00 a.m. (rain date 9/22) at Avalonia’s new Alden Fish Family Preserve in Groton and be a part of our efforts at managing this 42 acre preserve. This event will focus on clearing the invasive Japanese Knotweed along Sandy Hollow Rd. Volunteers are asked to bring gloves,…
