Please consider joining Avalonia Stewardship staff and volunteers on the morning of May 3rd from 9:00 -12:00 at our Hunter Brook Preserve in Norwich and be a part of our larger efforts at enhancing wildlife habitat on this beautiful 27-acre…
Please consider joining Avalonia Stewardship staff and volunteers on the morning of March 29th from 9:00 -12:00 at our Hunter Brook Preserve in Norwich and be a part of our larger efforts at enhancing wildlife habitat on this beautiful 27-acre…
Please join Avalonia stewardship staff and volunteers at the Parke Memorial Preserve in North Stonington, on Saturday April 19 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 years great strides have…
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…
While I hesitate to say that there is ever a “slow “period for Avalonia stewardship, with the completion of the annual monitoring of our preserves and conservation easements, we have been able to catch our breath, although with the recent…
This coming spring many of us who hike the Avalonia preserves from Bozrah, to Griswold, south to the coast and in between will be keeping our eyes peeled for evidence of the Eastern screech-owl (Megascops asio), a small cavity nesting…
The Sunday before Thanksgiving, Tefftweald at Birchenturn Preserve in North Stonington was a bustle of activity, likely more than it had seen in several months. Avalonia staff and volunteers braved the chill and after an initial rendezvous at the pavilion,…
The work wasn’t glamorous (it rarely is), but on a recent Sunday morning a group of volunteers, together with Avalonia’s Director of Stewardship, met at Cedar Wood Preserve in Norwich to assess and begin the management of the invasive vegetation…
Join us Sunday morning, November 24, from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm at Tefftweald at Birchenturn in North Stonington. This nearly 80-acre preserve, a former Girl Scout Camp, boasts forested uplands and wetlands, more than 2000 feet of frontage along…
Please join us Saturday morning, October 26th from 9:00 -11:00 at Avalonia’s Barrett Preserve in Ledyard and be a part of our efforts at managing this beautiful 70+ acre preserve! Whether you are new to Avalonia or a longtime…