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The property, a donation to Avalonia, will be called the Leo Antonino Preserve in honor of Mr. Antonino’s tradition of giving back to the community. The land will be conserved…
- Organization News, Preserves
Avalonia Land Conservancy is delighted to announce that Mr. Leo Antonino has generously donated a 41.48-acre property located between Interstate 95 and Gold Star Highway on Antonino Road to Avalonia.…
- In the News, Organization News, Preserves
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- In the News, Organization News, Preserves, Projects
Above: Fallen trees at the Hoffman Preserve in Stonington. photos by Beth Sullivan By Steve Fagin More than a half-century ago gold miner Robert D. Hoffman planted some 100,000 pine, spruce…
- Organization News
Fifty years ago, a very small group of people got together to save just over four acres of land. That small group started something they could have never imagined a half century later.…
- Organization News, Stewardship & Volunteering
Avalonia is pleased to welcome a new volunteer, Elizabeth Sorensen, who has offered to help coordinate Avalonia’s volunteers. Elizabeth, (nicknamed “E”), recently retired from a career in human resources. She…
- Stewardship & Volunteering
Steven Murphy, a 21-year-old University of New Hampshire senior, is majoring in environmental conservation and sustainability and will graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in 2019. Steven recently moved…
- Stewardship & Volunteering
On one of the most oppressively hot and humid days of the summer of ’18, Avalonia volunteers John Ackley and I arrived at Dean’s Auto Recycling to interview Paul Gleason,…
- Community
Election Day is today and we encourage our friends who value open space to Vote YES on Question 2! On November 6th, your YES vote will protect your public lands.…
- Community, Preserves
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- Community
Help the Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments develop a regional bicycle & pedestrian plan by answering a brief survey. The plan would advance trail opportunities for safe, healthy walking and…
- Organization News, Preserves
Avalonia Land Conservancy has announced the acquisition of a key 54-acre piece of land on Rixtown Mountain Rd., Griswold, known as the The Aurelie and Stanley Boyd Tract in a…
- Preserves
Avalonia Land Conservancy has acquired another 64.67 acres in the town of Griswold, adjacent to two other Avalonia properties and a state forest. This newest acquisition, combined with the two…
- In the News, Preserves
The Day is very excited about their newest hardcover, coffee-table book, Treasures of Southeastern Connecticut: Our Proud History of Preserving Scenic Woodlands, Farms, the Shoreline and Other Natural Gems. It…
- Stewardship & Volunteering, Volunteer Profiles
Kent Fuller 35 Owner of Bluefish, a web design and digital marketing agency in Mystic. Lives with wife, 2 kids and a pup in Mystic next to Moore Woodlands. …
