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Avery Farm Tour

September 28, 2014 12:00 am • Last Updated: October 07, 2014 9:30 am

By Eugenia Villagra

Sidney Van Zandt leading a hike at Avery Farm

Nature/Outdoors

FREE Guided Tour of Avery Farm, 245 Lambtown Rd. Extension, Ledyard, CT every Sunday afternoon at 2:00 throughout the fall. GOSA is hoping to purchase and protect this extraordinary parcel of land called "one of the most biologically diverse and valuable sites for conservation in eastern Connecticut" by Prof. Robert Askins of Connecticut College.

Tours are free and open to the public.

Meet at the southern gate of Lambtown Road Extension, near the Groton-Ledyard border a few minutes before 2:00 p.m. and park on the left.

For more information, please visit GOSA's website at http://gosaonline.org/2014/02/avery-farm-tour-sign-up/ or call: 860-574-5111.

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