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…
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. …
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…
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…
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…
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)
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…
...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…
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…
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,…