By Conor Feeney During my first few weeks at Avalonia, the focus was primarily on helping to complete the annual monitoring tasks for each preserve. During these site visits, Avalonia makes sure that recognized conservation values are intact and that…
The lifeblood of Avalonia has always been the passion and commitment of its volunteers! This is no more evident than in the realm of stewardship where we rely on volunteers to assist in maintaining trails, monitoring properties, and to engage…
Stonington resident Conor Feeney has joined the ranks of Avalonia's interns and will be assisting our stewardship team for the next several months. A graduate from the University of Connecticut class of 2022 with a B.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary…
Stewardship is pleased to begin working with another student from Three Rivers Community College Environmental Engineering Technology Program. Join us in welcoming Caitlyn Angeletti to our team this fall. Caitlyn will assist us in the research and writing of Natural…
Join the Eastern Connecticut Conservation District (ECCD) and Avalonia Land Conservancy for a hands-on volunteer day at the Anguilla Brook Northern Headwaters Preserve in Stonington/North Stonington. We’ll be working along the brook to remove invasive plants such as Autumn…
The lifeblood of Avalonia has always been the passion and commitment of its volunteers! This is no more evident than in the realm of stewardship where we rely on volunteers to assist in maintaining trails, monitoring properties, and to engage…
“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these ....[citizen scientists] from the swift completion of their appointed [iNaturalist] rounds,". OK, so clearly not postal workers and definitely written with a healthy dose of hyperbole, but nonetheless,…
Story and photos by Coleman Pushlar and Morgan Reynolds We have officially reached the halfway point of the internship (a bittersweet milestone), and so far, it has been packed with land stewardship and conservation activities. It has been a joy…
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…
Please consider joining Avalonia Stewardship staff and volunteers on the morning of Saturday April 26th from 9:00 -12:00 at our Cedar Wood Preserve in Norwich and be a part of our efforts at managing this beautiful nearly 50-acre preserve! …