The Importance of Your Membership

Please help us reduce our mailing and printing costs by renewing your AVIS membership online before the renewal notices are mailed in March. AVIS needs your support to continue its essential work. We rely on membership dues to help with the day-to-day maintenance of the reservations. Volunteers are the backbone of our organization—they are our organization. Memberships and donations help […]

Life Beneath the Ice and Snow: Turtles in Winter

From the Outside Story series from Northern Woodlands Magazine. Written by Loren Merrill. Illustration by Adelaide Tyrol. For hundreds of years, people believed that, come autumn, barn swallows would dive under the surface of ponds and lakes, swim to the bottom, and bury themselves in the mud for the winter. We now know better – swallows, along with thousands of […]

AVIS ECO TEAM

AVIS ECO TEAM

The upcoming season starts March 28, 2026. The calendar is below.Eco Team is a great opportunity to introduce yourself and learn about other ways to volunteer for AVIS. Read about various adventures on the reservations in back issues of the AVIS update. Email Lynn at HamletofLynn@gmail.com with any questions about Eco Team. The Eco Team is absolutely a lot of […]

Goldsmith Updates

Goldsmith Updates

December 2. Goldsmith is open to the public. The trail to Bessie’s Point is complete for walkers. Extra work was needed to get a 300-foot section over the esker down to the proper grade. The surface is incomplete on this esker section, making it difficult for wheelchairs to travel the whole trail to Bessie’s Point at this time. AMC will […]

Goldsmith Woodlands All Persons Trail Project

Goldsmith Woodlands All Persons Trail Project

In June 2024, AVIS was awarded a $100,000 MassTrails Grant to construct an All Persons Trail at the Goldsmith Woodlands Reservation.  We are excited to launch this important initiative!  Please visit this page for project facts and updates as the project progresses and visit avisandover.org/join to help make the project the best it can be. Why an All Persons Trail? AVIS has […]