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  • Stewardship and Trail Walk at Tefftweald at Birchenturn in North Stonington

    Tefftweald at Birchenturn 282 Grindstone Hill Road, North Stonington, CT, United States

    Join us Sunday morning, November 24, from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm at Tefftweald at Birchenturn in North Stonington. This nearly 80-acre preserve, a former Girl Scout Camp, boasts forested uplands and wetlands, more than 2000 feet of frontage along Wyassup Brook, a woodland meadow, beaver pond, the historic Bell/York cemetery, and numerous foundations and…

    FREE

  • Public Forum on Cedar Wood Preserve Trail Accessibility

    Otis Library Community Room 261 Main Street, Norwich, United States

    Calling 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…

    FREE
  • 2024 Avalonia Annual Members Meeting

    Avalonia Annual Meeting 2024

    La Grua Center 32 Water Street, Stonington, Connecticut

    Join 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…

    FREE

  • Trust for Public Land (TPL) Presentation at Norwich City Hall

    Norwich City Hall 100 Broadway, Norwich, CT, United States

    Honor 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 States

    There’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…

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  • Wildlife Habitat Enhancement at the Hunter Brook Preserve in Norwich

    Hunter Brook Preserve

    Please 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…

  • Galo M Sarmiento - Barrett Preserve

    Avalonia’s 2025 Photo Contest

    Mark your calendars! Avalonia's 2025 Photo Contest is in the works, and we wanted to make sure you have ample time to take and submit images. Participants will be asked to submit photos in one or all three categories, soon to be announced. The contest will run April 1, 2025 - September 1, 2025 For…

  • Cedar Wood Preserve

    Cancelled due to weather-Wildlife Habitat Enhancement at Cedar Wood Preserve in Norwich

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

    Please 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…

  • Cedar Wood Preserve

    Wildlife Habitat Enhancement at Cedar Wood Preserve in Norwich- Phase II

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

    Please 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…