Earthfest CT 2025 in East Lyme
SAVE THE DATE! Join Avalonia and scores of vendors at McCook Point Park in Niantic, CT on Saturday, May 17, 2025 (rain date Sunday, May 18), from 11 am –…
SAVE THE DATE! Join Avalonia and scores of vendors at McCook Point Park in Niantic, CT on Saturday, May 17, 2025 (rain date Sunday, May 18), from 11 am –…
Wednesday, May 21, 2025. 10:00 AM to 12 noon Avalonia Land Conservancy’s Donald R. Henne Memorial Preserve. Join naturalist Bruce Fellman for a special exploration, co-hosted by Avalonia and the Wood-Pawcatuck…
From time immemorial, observers have found poetry—and poetic prose—in nature. Whatever form your observations have taken, we’ll have plenty to observe and record as we greet the morning and hike Avalonia Land Conservancy’s Tefftweald at Birchenturn Preserve in North Stonington. Tefftweald, a former Girl Scout camp, is a 77-acre masterpiece of upland forest, meadows, wetlands,…
Please join us for the opening of our newest preserve, Glemboski-Ous, a beautiful 160-acre jewel that crosses Trading Cove Brook in Bozrah, Connecticut, with a dedication, ribbon cutting, refreshments, and a guided hike. SATURDAY, AUGUST 9 at 10 AM Rain date: Sunday, August 10, 2025 REGISTER HERE South Road (approximately 1 mile from Route 163),…
Our passive listening devices recorded several species of ground-nesting birds in the spring of 2024 at the Preston Nature Preserve. Since many of these are birds of conservation concern, we closed the preserve to visitors for the 2025 nesting season (April 15 – August 15). No visitors were allowed in during this time. This afforded…
Join the Eastern Connecticut Conservation District (ECCD) and Avalonia Land Conservancy for a hands-on volunteer day at the Anguilla Brook Northern Headwaters Preserve in Stonington/North Stonington. We’ll be working…
The Wood-Pawcatuck Wild and Scenic Rivers Stewardship Council (WPWCRSC) is excited to announce a new opportunity to get involved with The Dragonfly Mercury Project (DMP)—https://www.nps.gov/articles/about-the-dmp.htm, a nationwide community science effort that…
The lifeblood of Avalonia has always been the passion and commitment of its volunteers! This is no more evident than in the realm of stewardship where we rely on volunteers…
Get Ready for Coastal Resilience Month! October is Long Island Sound Coastal Resilience Month, and we are teaming up with Long Island Sound Partnership and Connecticut Sea Grant for a field trip they are hosting to the marsh restoration project at Dodge Paddock and Beal Preserve in Stonington Borough. We will start the day at…
The lifeblood of Avalonia has always been the passion and commitment of its volunteers! This is no more evident than in the realm of stewardship where we rely on volunteers…