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- Stewardship & Volunteering, Videos
Thinking about volunteering? We hope the video below will inspire you to participate in one of Avalonia’s many opportunities to volunteer in the natural world. It’s about a horseshoe crab…
- Events
Avalonia Land Conservancy will host an informal discussion and guided tour for State legislators, community leaders, and other land trusts in southeastern Connecticut at our Tri-Town Ridgeline Forest on Saturday,…
- In the News
Avalonia is proud to be recognized by Aquarion Water Company as a 2018 Environmental Champion. Photo: Senator George Logan presented the award in the Non-Profit Category to Julie Dupont-Woody from…
- 50th Anniversary, Events, Organization News
Avalonia will hold its annual membership meeting on June 26th at the Dennison Pequotsepos Nature Center, 109 Pequotsepos Rd., Mystic, CT. Doors will open at 6:00pm with light refreshments and…
- Preserves, Videos
Beautiful collection of video footage and stills in all four seasons at Paffard Woods.
- Organization News
The members, staff, and board of directors of the Avalonia Land Conservancy were saddened to learn of the passing of Paul Slosberg on March 11, 2018, at Hospice House, Lecanto,…
- Organization News, Preserves
Above: A large chestnut oak sits high on a ridge on Avalonia’s 409-acre TriTown Forest Preserve. The oak is but one example of the unusual flora and fauna found on…
- 50th Anniversary, Organization News
Avalonia Land Conservancy celebrated its 50th anniversary last week at Mystic Aquarium’s Great Hall. Photos and videos illustrating fifty years of volunteer land conservation were on display around the exhibit…
- 50th Anniversary, Stewardship & Volunteering
Members, donors and volunteers that helped Avalonia over the years. (13 minutes)
- In the News, Preserves
read article with ricentral.com (by Bruce Fellman) photo by Bruce Fellman
- In the News, Preserves
read article with Hartford Courant (by Peter Marteka) photo by Beth Sullivan
- In the News, Organization News, Preserves
read article with The Day (by Martha Shanahan) photo: Avalonia board members examine a colonial foundation on one of their potential acquisitions.
- Organization News
It’s membership time! Avalonia has launched its membership drive for 2018. We need you more than ever. Your involvement is invaluable to us, particularly at a time when the environment…
- Organization News
Avalonia Land Conservancy, Inc., has been awarded three grants from the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s (DEEP) Open Space and Watershed Land Acquisition (OSWLA) program totaling $945,750. DEEP…
- Organization News
The members, staff, and board of directors of the Avalonia Land Conservancy were saddened to learn of the passing of David McKain on December 27th after a long affliction with…
- In the News, Organization News, Preserves
read article with The Bulletin (by Anna Maria Della Costa)
- Organization News
As a supporter of Avalonia Land Conservancy, you are the first line of defense – sometimes the ONLY line of defense – for our shorelines, waterways, woodland corridors, and the…
- Organization News, Preserves, Projects
Avalonia Land Conservancy is very pleased to announce that a $55,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Long Island Sound Future’s Fund will be used to develop and…
- In the News, Preserves
read article with Hartford Courant (by Peter Marteka)
- In the News
The families of Avalonia Land Conservancy were sad to learn that Lois Tefft Van Deusen passed away on September 21, 2017. Lois was a founder and incorporator of the Mashantucket…