By Susan Hibbard, Stonington Town Committee Chair Avalonia’s Stonington Town Committee was recently the lucky recipient of a bench donation from the Town of Stonington. The bench has been situated at the Dodge Paddock/Beal Preserve, facing east towards Sandy…
Peter Gauthier has a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of New Haven. Peter worked at Electric Boat for 42 years, first as a pipefitter and eventually as a Manager in the Quality and Radiological Controls organizations before…
Story and photos by Elanah Sherman, Avalonia board member “Hey, what’s a gneiss vug?” Okay, let’s back up! Avalonia has begun using a multi-sense approach on all of our walks ever since an event held last year in collaboration…
Story and Photos by Sharon J Lynch (Avalonia Board Member) On a recent Saturday in late May, a small group of land stewards and forestry professors visited Avalonia’s Hoffman Evergreen Preserve in Stonington. They came to discuss the efforts made…
By Bob Chapin It’s mid-May as I write this, and things are always busy for Avalonia in the spring. It’s certainly been true in Preston. Terri Eickel (a member of both Preston’s Sustainability Committee, and the Preston Town Committee of…
Avalonia is pleased to welcome Morgan Reynolds and Coleman Pushlar as our new Land Stewardship Interns for the 2025 summer season! This internship program is once again generously sponsored by the Southeastern New England Educational and Charitable Foundation (SNEC) and,…
By Jeff Alexander During a recent Friday afternoon, three Avalonia volunteers – Beth Sullivan, Nancy Spillane and I – met up with Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station research scientist Dr. Carole Cheah and her dog Faith at the entrance of Hoffman…
Story and photos by Elanah Sherman, walk organizer and Avalonia Board member On May 10, 2025, Mary DiGiacomo-Cohen, a geologist with the U.S. Geologic Survey, led a fascinating stroll in a corner of Connecticut rich in geological history —…
Meet a surprise guest in this video introduction to Pine Swamp Wildlife Corridor, site of our May 10 geology stroll! LEARN MORE ABOUT THE EVENT AND REGISTER HERE
The Preston Nature Preserve is now Closed until August 16, 2025 Our passive listening devices recorded several species of ground-nesting birds last spring in the Preston Nature Preserve. Since many of these are birds of conservation concern, we are trying…