Last Saturday’s roadside cleanup at Avalonia’s Pike Marshall Preserve in Ledyard was an unmitigated success, measured in volume of garbage removed and, just as importantly, fellowship created! Three hardy souls from Avalonia's Ledyard Town Committee braved the unseasonably cold (…
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and Avalonia Land Conservancy (ALC) are looking for shorebird steward volunteers at Sandy Point Island! Together, the USFWS and ALC manage the Island for migrating shorebirds such as piping plovers, American oystercatchers, and least…
Between stockpiling seeds, transplanting vulnerable saplings, and propagating plants in makeshift greenhouses and along windowsills, the expertise and generosity of Avalonia’s volunteers gives our small-scale restoration projects a botanical jumpstart. This type of work is critical and yet often goes…
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 something new and are closing the Preserve to visitors for this…
On Saturday, March 15, a team from Avalonia, Girl Scout Troup 63034, Rep. Nick Gauthier from the 38th District, and others, gathered at the Bond Property. It was a great day, and Montville Girl Scout Troop 63034 Leader, Liz Preiss,…
As a stalwart consumer of the USDA Climate Hub educational webinars, I was enthralled by the recent Forest Dwelling Bat Conservation panel discussion. With shifting focus between Tri-colored, Eastern Red, and Northen long-eared bats, among others, it was an incredibly…
Something of a Valentine’s week tradition, on February 11th, Director of Stewardship, Tobias Glaza, spoke with Yale’s School of the Environment students about Avalonia’s role in the “Perpetual Obligation: Land Trust Stewardship”. As a part of the Strategies in Land…
By Elanah Sherman Over the past three years, Avalonia has been incrementally installing accessible parking on preserve parking lots. These spaces look quite different from the accessible spaces we’re used to seeing throughout Connecticut. That’s because those spaces conform…
There’s nothing quite as exciting as a glimpse into the secret lives of wildlife. Recently, our trail cam in the Anguilla Brook Northern Headwaters Preserve in North Stonington delivered just that — a heartwarming sight of two bobkittens exploring their…