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Hike a Wildlife Habitat Restoration at Leo Antonino Preserve

Leo Antonino Preserve 0 Antonino Road, Groton, CT, United States

CT TRAILS DAY EVENT: We’ll hike the Leo Antonino Preserve through forested areas, past active brooks, vernal pools, and up a bedrock ridge. There is a go-around for those who want to avoid the scramble up the ridge. We will pass next to erratics deposited by the glaciers and see how the Earth’s crust has…

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Trail-Clearing Work Party at Glemboski-Ous

Glemboski-Ous Preserve South Road, Bozrah, United States

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 to Stewardship event on May 26, we will again be walking the primary farm/'logging' roads and clearing the lower safety, emergency, and maintenance access route…

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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 States

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 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…

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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…

Cooper Preserve Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting

Cooper Preserve 41 Hewitt Road, North Stonington, CT, United States

Join 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)

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Guided Walk at Wequetequock Cove Preserve

Wequetequock Cove Preserve Located between Palmer Neck Road and Wequeteqock Cove, Stonington, United States

Led 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…

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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 States

As 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…

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