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Looking for an opportunity to represent your favorite land conservancy? Here’s your chance! Avalonia will be selling hats for a limited time only, so place your order by October 28th.…
- Programs
If you haven’t registered yet for the Great Avalonia Trail Trek, don’t worry – there is still plenty of time to get involved. With the event just two weeks away,…
- Organization News
Kate Robinson spent every summer of her youth in Stonington, Ct., with her grandfather, who had acquired land there in the 1920s. Her love of that land engendered a strong…
- Support
If you’re a Pfizer retiree, the company’s 50% matching gift program will be ending on December 31, 2020. Consider a gift (including volunteer time) to the Avalonia Land Conservancy before…
- Stewardship & Volunteering
Record your volunteer hours on one new form. Volunteers log about 2,500 hours for Avalonia every year. While that’s a big number, it represents just a fraction of the actual…
- Organization News
In 2018, the Avalonia Land Conservancy saved over 500 acres in North Stonington, Preston, and Griswold, thus creating the TriTown Forest Preserve. This preserve protects critical habitat for wildlife and…
- In the News
Charter Oak Credit Union will match all qualified* charitable donations YOU make to the Avalonia Land Conservancy between Tuesday, August 18, 2020 and Wednesday, November 25, 2020. Credit unions were…
- Organization News, Support
- In the News
read article (by Cris Cadiz in Sound & Country) photo by Terri Eickel
- Organization News
Avalonia recently received a $250 dollar grant from the Extremeterrain Clean Trails program to help purchase materials for a series of bog-bridges to be installed on the TriTown Forest Preserve…
- Organization News
In March 2020, Congress passed the CARES Act to help bolster the economy during the coronavirus pandemic. Officially named the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, the CARES Act…
- Preserves, Programs
above photo by Sandy Alexander On Sunday, July 12, Avalonia Town Committee chairperson Beth Sullivan had absolute joy of introducing a new generation of cub Scouts to the newest generation…
- Stewardship & Volunteering
Neil and Laurie Duncan Following completion of the transfer of the 77 Christy Hill road lot to Avalonia from the town of Ledyard, a subset of the Avalonia Ledyard Town…
- Organization News, Stewardship & Volunteering
Avalonia has been working closely with staff, board members, and several outside organizations to understand State of Connecticut Requirements and best protocol for our organization to address risk associated with…
- Organization News, Preserves
After more than five years of grant writing, fundraising, and rallying community support, the Avalonia Land Conservancy has officially closed on two major parcels known as the Atkinson and Dirlam…
- Organization News, Preserves
Avalonia’s most recent acquisition is not the biggest, but it turns out to be a big win for Connecticut, the town of Ledyard, and to Avalonia’s Barrett Preserve. The property…
- Preserves
There have been reported sightings of black bear in the North Stonington area, including several near Avalonia’s preserves. We urge anyone walking our trails to be alert and keep all…
- Community
Dear friends of Avalonia, We are writing today with frustration, sadness and anger over the current events occurring across our country. For over a week, our country has been rocked…