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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.

News, Uncategorized

Raising Our Standards: Quality over Quantity

The core of ACRES mission—to protect local land—drives everything we do. Protecting land is possible only when people participate by volunteering, donating and sharing ACRES...

Blog, Cedar Creek, History, News, Uncategorized

160-year-old barn finds new home

HUNTERTOWN – A 160-year-old barn in northwest Allen County is finding a new home in DeKalb County, where it will stand as a tribute to...

Field Notes, Land Management, Volunteering

Mimicking Succession

ACRES protects more than natural areas. Working lands, such as agriculture fields in production, are also protected. ACRES currently protects about 500 acres of farmland,...

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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