Upcoming Events

Sunday, July 6, 2025 Eco Team Invasive Plant identification and Removal Session

Saturday, July 19, 2025 Eco Team Invasive Plant identification and Removal Session

Saturday, July 26, 2025 AVIS tent at the Andover Farmer's Market

Saturday, August 2, 2025 Eco Team Invasive Plant identification and Removal Session


Time to Renew your membership!

The importance of Your Membership (blog)

Video of the 2025 Annual Meeting available here.

Watch the terrific talk on Climate Ready Shawsheen.


Goldsmith Woodlands Project

Help AVIS build its first All Persons Trail. Read about it on the blog.

Click here for updates.


Invasive Plant identification and Removal Sessions

Eco team focuses on identifying and removing invasive plants. Learn about native plants too. These hands-on sessions use manual methods such as hand pulling, weed wrenches, hand saws, and buckthorn baggies. Middle-schoolers (with an adult) and up are welcome. Eco Team is a fun way to learn about AVIS reservations and explore the trails. Please email Lynn at HamletofLynn@gmail.com to be put on the Eco Team email list and receive up-to-date notifications on locations. More information is available on the blog.


Blog Entries

Goldsmith Woodlands All Persons Trail Project

AVIS Eco Team

Reflections on a Rewarding and Fun-filled Year

Garlic Mustard 101: What it is and what to do with it

My Goldilocks Moment While Searching for a Trail

Goldsmith Woodlands by Andover TV

There is Something About Andover November 2024.

Frogs at Vale Reservation

Janet Clarke, AVIS Trustee, has been monitoring the frog population at Vale Reservation for many years. She recorded these videos of the frogs in March 2020. Watch the video below and go to the Vale Reservation page for more videos.

2024 Annual Meeting - Video Recording

Celebrating Andover's Open Spaces, Big & Small

AVIS is pleased to be part of an amazing video about Open Space in Andover. You can watch it at the following link. Thank you to Al French for the idea; to Sean Murphy for producing this wonderful show about Andover; and to those who agreed to be videotaped by Andover TV.

History of AVIS

Enjoy a video about AVIS, its history, and a couple of the most popular reservations.

e-Awakening.com

Our friends at e-Awakening.com have created two new videos featuring Andover people talking about the reservations and volunteers who make them possible.:

Volunteers Build a Boardwalk on Andover Land (Video)

Andover Conservation and AVIS Reservations Preserve Open Space (Video)

Student created videos

Students at Andover High School in conjunction with Andover TV have created short videos on three AVIS Reservations. See the reservations like you have not seen them before:

Baker's Meadow Reservation (Video)

Goldsmith Woodlands Reservation (Video)

Shawsheen River Reservation (Video)


Tick Management

See the manual available on the Town of Andover website at this link.

About Our Reservations

About 1,200 acres of AVIS reservations are open to all for hiking, birding, and cross country skiing.

Explore Reservations

Volunteer wardens are responsible for the care and oversight of each reservation and they are often neighbors.

Contact a Warden

Hiking trips and other community events are scheduled by various groups throughout the year.

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