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- Community, Stewardship & Volunteering
More than a dozen staff, interns, and volunteers converged on Hunter Brook Preserve last Wednesday as part of a longer term project aimed at enhancing wildlife habitat along a riparian…
- Community
On Saturday, April 25, representatives from Avalonia joined dozens of local organizations and community members at the annual Earth Day Expo hosted at the Groton Public Library. The family-friendly event…
- Stewardship & Volunteering
In partnership with Eastern Connecticut Conservation District (ECCD), Avalonia builds off its past success in the restoration of a portion of the Anguilla Brook Northern Headwaters preserve. Last year ECCD…
- Intern, Stewardship & Volunteering
Avalonia is pleased to welcome Kennedy Holsapple and Amelia Newstadt as our new Land Stewardship Interns for the 2026 summer season! This internship program is once again generously sponsored by…
- Stewardship & Volunteering
Photos and Story by Beth Sullivan For the last four years, Stonington High School has sent students throughout the community for a day of service at the end of…
- Preserves
Story and Photos By Susan Hibbard For several years, the Stonington Town Committee (STC) has been noticing trail erosion at Knox Family Farm (KFF), principally due to a…
- Intern, Projects, Stewardship & Volunteering
Congratulations to Yale School of the Environment students, Salma Huque and Jake Frame, on the successful completion of their Strategies for Land Conservation Clinical Project! With their help Avalonia has…
- In the News
This week, Avalonia’s Board of Directors approved a key agreement with the Trust for Public Land to help acquire Camp Laurel in Lebanon. This marks an important milestone in a larger,…
- Community
Story by Amy Storrow How Do You Know You Know a Place? I expected changes, both big and small, when I moved back to Southeastern Connecticut…
- FYI, Preserves, Stewardship & Volunteering
Once again our passive listening devices and in-person surveys have recorded several species of ground-nesting birds this spring in the Preston Nature Preserve. Since many of these are birds of…
- Community
Back in March, one of Avalonia’s stewards and a member of the Stonington Town Committee, Beth Sullivan, gave a talk at StoneRidge (one of Avalonia’s Business Members at the Defender…
- Stewardship & Volunteering
Recently staff and volunteers rebuilt and replaced a bridge on the Avery Preserve, the first of several improvements planned for this 100-acre wooded oasis and one of Avalonia’s oldest preserves.…
- Stewardship & Volunteering
By John Swenarton Three osprey nesting platforms in Stonington succumbed to the heavy snow and high winds we all experienced this past winter. But thanks to a generous donation…
- Preserves
Story and Photos by Jeff Alexander When is a hiking trail more than a walk in the woods? Out under the trees, amidst birds and breeze, it may seem…
- Stewardship & Volunteering
Volunteers are integral to Avalonia’s success, helping to protect natural spaces while strengthening connections within the community. Whether you prefer getting your hands dirty on the trails, shaping the organization’s…
- Organization News
Position Overview This position provides support to the Director of Stewardship and Stewardship activities with a focus on administrative and field-based work on Avalonia preserves and conservation easements. The Land…
- Intern, Research, Stewardship & Volunteering
In association with the Yale School of the Environment’s spring 2026 course ‘Strategies for Land Conservation’, graduate students Salma Huque and Jacob Frame have begun working with Avalonia on an…
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- Research, Stewardship & Volunteering
Always happy to talk about Avalonia’s stewardship efforts! As a part of Brad Gentry and Walker Holmes’ Strategies for Land Conservation class at Yale School of the Environment the…
- Accessibility
by Elanah Sherman, Avalonia Board Member When I contacted Carissa Decelles in 2022 to ask if she would speak at the Cedar Wood Preserve dedication in Norwich on November…