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Protecting Land Together

Thanks to member support, ACRES is a thriving nonprofit organization protecting natural areas in northeast Indiana, southern Michigan and northwest Ohio.

Discover the forever-protected natural areas of our region!

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Our region's natural areas are spectacular! Explore our trails, take photographs, enjoy family time, get outdoors, plan a field trip, get fit, reflect on nature's beauty or share an adventure, for free from dawn to dusk at a preserve near you:

Allen, Featured

Blue Cast Springs

Blue Cast Springs protects over 3,000 feet of the Maumee River bank and was at one time the site of a natural spring once thought...

Featured, Wabash

Hathaway Preserve at Ross Run

Hathaway Preserve at Ross Run is a spectacular gorge with waterfalls, reef fossils, exposed bedrock and vertical cliffs as high as 75 feet. On this...

Cedar Creek Corridor, DeKalb, Featured

James P. Covell Nature Preserve

The James P. Covell Nature Preserve contains 2,700 feet of the west bank of Cedar Creek. The preserve also safeguards 40 acres currently in agriculture...

Featured, Miami

Seven Pillars Nature Preserve and Seven Pillars of the Mississinewa Landmark

This preserve on the south side of the Mississinewa River is named after the landmark 25-foot limestone pillars, also owned by ACRES, which are located on the north...

Allen, Cedar Creek Corridor, Featured

Tom and Jane Dustin, Robert C. and Rosella C. Johnson and Whitehurst Nature Preserves

Trails wind through meadows and woodlands, one leading to a wetland filled in springtime with horned bladderwort and the call of spring peepers. Another trail...

Featured, Steuben

Wing Haven

Glacially carved kettle-hole lakes are bordered by a wetland fen system. In secluded areas, sandhill cranes have established nests. There are rolling meadows and surrounding uplands covered in an...

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NEWS & BLOG STORIES

Keep up with the latest. Enjoy stories from our protected places and from the people who help protect them.

Field Notes, Land Management, Nature & Wildlife

ACRES Research: Endangered Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake

ACRES lets nature take its course on the preserves, with the exception of eradicating invasive species. Normally, an endangered or threatened species found on an...

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A Growing Community of People Who Care About Land

Membership has been a cornerstone of ACRES since we organized as an official nonprofit in 1960. It took five years to top 200 members; we...

Nature & Wildlife, News

Protecting Habitats in Indiana: State Dedicated Preserves

Indiana’s system of dedicated Nature Preserves was created when an ACRES founder, Jim Barrett III, wrote the 1967 Indiana Nature Preserves Act, providing permanent protection...

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Shared Success: ACRES by the Numbers

Only a small part of ACRES' story can be told with numbers. Thanks to your support, the preserves are alive with stories unfolding naturally, everyday - forever.

7,230

acres on 117 properties protected forever

1,700+

members protecting land

50+

trail systems, open dawn to dusk

600+

acres of working land protected

1,500

acres of Cedar Creek corridor preserved with partners

counties served by ACRES in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio

years protecting forests, wetlands, native grasslands, prairie & working land

150+

volunteers worked 2,500 hours in the field, office and on the trails

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