ACRES Land Trust - ACRES Land Trust protects land in northeast Indiana, northwest Ohio and southern Michigan

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
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
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
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
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
Tom and Jane Dustin, Robert C. and Rosella C. Johnson and Whitehurst Nature Preserves
The ACRES office is located in this preserve. Built of cedar and stone on a bluff high over Cedar Creek, the office was originally the...
Featured, Steuben
Wing Haven
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.
Blog, Cedar Creek, Featured, News
On the eve of its 60th Anniversary, ACRES Land Trust launches first-ever capital campaign
On the eve of its 60th Anniversary, ACRES Land Trust launches first-ever capital campaign
HUNTERTOWN, Ind., December 2, 2019 –ACRES Land Trust is launching a Capital Campaign to help build a barn and renovate the home it uses as...
Acquisition, Blog, Featured, News
ACRES Land Trust adds newly protected land, history in LaGrange County
ACRES Land Trust adds newly protected land, history in LaGrange County
LAGRANGE, Ind., November 26, 2019 –ACRES Land Trust recently expanded its Quog Lake preserve, part of a priority conservation area south of LaGrange, by 12...
Blog, Featured
Breakthrough Grant Study Results
Breakthrough Grant Study Results
ACRES’ Breakthrough Grant study, part of an initiative funded by the Foellinger Foundation, is complete. With support from the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center, ACRES worked...
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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. 

7,117
acres on 114 properties protected forever

1,600+
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

27
counties served by ACRES in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio

59
years protecting forests, wetlands, native grasslands, prairie & working land

150+
volunteers worked 2,500 hours in the field, office and on the trails

Featured Preserve

Hathaway Preserve at Ross Run

By the Numbers

150+
volunteers worked 2,500 hours in the field, office and on the trails

Recent News

On the eve of its 60th Anniversary, ACRES Land Trust launches first-ever capital campaign

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