We are excited to welcome Adam Heckle to Avalonia’s stewardship team! Adam brings a wealth of experience, knowledge, and enthusiasm to the full-time land steward position. Among his many duties are the annual monitoring of preserves, trail maintenance and design,…
In an effort to keep hikers safe and the integrity of cultural and stone features intact, stewardship has begun to install new signs on certain of our trailed preserves. At least initially, the focus will be on those foundations, chambers,…
More than a dozen staff, interns, and volunteers converged on Hunter Brook Preserve last Wednesday as part of a longer term project aimed at enhancing wildlife habitat along a riparian area. It wasn't easy work, but with all the help…
Join Avalonia Stewardship staff, interns, and volunteers on the morning of June 10th from 9:30 -12:00 at our Hunter Brook Preserve in Norwich and be a part of our continuing efforts at enhancing wildlife habitat on this beautiful 27-acre preserve! …
Please join Avalonia stewardship staff and volunteers at the Parke Memorial Preserve in North Stonington, on Wednesday May 13 at 9:00 to help in the restoration of floodplain/riparian habitat along the Shunock River. This free event is open to all-comers! Over the past four years great…
Please consider joining us at Founders Preserve on Saturday 5/9 from 9-11 am. We will continue to clear vegetation that has grown on the beaver dam (built on top of the human constructed dam!), allowing for required safety inspections and…
Congratulations to Yale School of the Environment students, Salma Huque and Jake Frame, on the successful completion of their Strategies for Land Conservation Clinical Project! With their help Avalonia has submitted twenty additional Natural Diversity Database (NDDB) requests to the…
Recently staff and volunteers rebuilt and replaced a bridge on the Avery Preserve, the first of several improvements planned for this 100-acre wooded oasis and one of Avalonia’s oldest preserves. Over a decade ago Ledyard Boy Scout Troop 16 built…
By John Swenarton Three osprey nesting platforms in Stonington succumbed to the heavy snow and high winds we all experienced this past winter. But thanks to a generous donation of materials and a dedicated corps of volunteers, ospreys returning…
Always happy to talk about Avalonia's stewardship efforts! As a part of Brad Gentry and Walker Holmes' Strategies for Land Conservation class at Yale School of the Environment the discussion included, among other things, topics of fee simple and…