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.…
Treasures of Southeastern Connecticut Book Features Avalonia Properties
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 highlights many of the land preserves, waterways and farms your…
Volunteer Profile: Kent Fuller
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. What was your inspiration to volunteer for Avalonia? I've visited…
Volunteering to Monitor Horseshoe Crabs
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 monitoring program carried out by “citizen-scientists” annually in late spring…