You are invited to join us on Saturday, May 13th from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm at Appleton Preserve, a part of the larger Bell Cedar Swamp. We have been working to create and maintain habitat for the New England Cottontail and other fauna on a number of our preserves, in association with the Great…
You are invited to join us on the morning of Sunday, May 14th at Cedar Wood Preserve in Norwich as we work to connect our improved parking area to the newly constructed vernal pool walkway. This effort will require some digging, moving, and compacting of processed gravel. Tools will be provided, but feel free to…
Reforest The Tropics and Avalonia are seeking volunteers for a morning of environmental service at Herman E. Sheets Family Forest in North Stonington, Connecticut. Activities include tree planting, trail maintenance, and invasive species removal. Volunteers are asked to bring sturdy gloves and perhaps a tool of choice (loppers, handsaws, pruners). The event will start at…
The recent late-season frost, while not a friend to the Spring gardeners amongst us, has turned out to be an ally in the management of Japanese knotweed. You may have noticed patches of it along the roadsides withered or stressed from the cold snap. Perfectly timed, as we typically do a Spring cutting and removal…
If you weren't able to make it to last month's white oak planting, you have another chance! On Monday June 12th we've planned a morning of environmental restoration at Herman E. Sheets Family Forest in North Stonington, Connecticut. We will focus on planting, protecting, and watering approximately 50 white oak seedling. Volunteers are asked to…
In 2018 Avalonia initiated a climate resiliency forestry plan at this preserve, including the planting of many tree species projected to do well in the face of ongoing climate change. While most of these have succeeded in becoming established, we do need to help them out by cutting back surrounding vegetation, including grey birch suckers…