Fall 2018 Newsletter
Our Avalonia Trails Fall 2018 Edition is now available.
New volunteer for Avalonia
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 spent 28 years at Aetna in Hartford, nine years at…
Volunteers in Focus: Steven Murphy
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 with his family from upstate New York to Stonington, Connecticut.…
Volunteers in Focus: Dean’s Auto Recycling
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, “The Most Interesting Man in the World” according to The Day’s…
Vote YES on 2
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. Without this added protection, the Connecticut legislature is free to…
Regional Bicycle & Pedestrian Plan Survey
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 biking for transportation and recreation. Take a moment to reply…
Avalonia Announces 54-Acre Aquisition
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 bargain sale for $89,900. The property, adjacent to Avalonia’s 409-acre…
Avalonia Expands Key Pachaug Pond Acreage
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 other properties, will be known as the Dutka Nature Preserve.…
