A Rare Native Stand in a Ledyard Preserve
read article with Hartford Courant (by Peter Marteka)
Lois Tefft Van Deusen
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 Land Trust (now Avalonia Land Conservancy) in 1968. She served…
Harvard Study: Connecticut Forests Rapidly Dwindling
Connecticut is losing about 3,700 acres of forest a year to development and New England as a whole is seeing its woodlands disappear at a rate of 65 acres a day, according to a new Harvard University research report. Read article…
Treasurer’s Report
Avalonia is approaching 100 properties in total. Our new acquisition campaign will insure that our perpetual endowment fund is adequate for existing and future properties. Avalonia received a second $25,000 contribution to the endowment fund managed by the Community Foundation of…
Stewardship Report
For a land trust the acquisition of new land to preserve and protect is exciting. But once we have acquired the land the hard work of stewardship begins. All boundaries need to be posted with our name and then walked…
It’s a banner year for monarch butterflies. Have you noticed?
Some good news! According to this article in the Westerly Sun by Cynthia Drummond, this year's butterfly season has been a "banner year" for monarchs. To learn why the monarch's numbers are up, and other species' may (or may not) be…
Avalonia to Launch Multi-Year Land Acquisition and Capital Campaign
Avalonia Land Conservancy will be launching a 5-year capital campaign to finance the acquisition of over 2,000 acres of high conservation-value land in southeastern Connecticut. That process began early this year with two land donations of almost 100 acres (see…
Avalonia Land Conservancy Receives Stonington Land Donation
Thanks to a passion for the environment and a longtime friendship between two local families, Avalonia Land Conservancy has received a gift of land in Stonington. The 28-acre gift is a portion of a much bigger forest. Small back roads…
Summer Planning for Sandy Point
June 2017 Kids are almost out of school and finally the weather has given us a hint of the summer to come. For the wildlife at Sandy Point, the summer season began a while ago. The shorebirds arrived in…
An unexpected visit from, perhaps, an old, old friend
read article at ricentral.com (by Bruce Fellman)
