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2022-2023 Winter Photo Contest Winners

This winter, we challenge you to capture photos that inspire people to value, appreciate and support the places ACRES protects. Your submissions truly reflected the wonder of these natural areas and the joy they bring visitors. We selected five winners from the following categories: Wildlife, People/Pets on Preserves, Selfie, Landscape and Macro Photo. Winners will ...

  • 01/25/2023
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ACRES Members Take a Photo Walk

ACRES recently hosted a Nature Photography Workshop and Photo Walk for members at the ACRES office on the Tom & Jane Dustin Nature Preserve. The event started with a brief presentation by Communications Manager Bridgett Hernandez titled “Taking Better Nature Photos with Your Phone” that covered some Dos and Don’ts as well as ACRES rules ...

  • 01/16/2023
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ACRES protects 110 acres in Auburn

ACRES Land Trust has acquired Greenhurst Commons, a 110-acre urban nature preserve in the City of Auburn, through a full donation. The property was the grounds of the former Greenhurst golf course. When it went up for sale in 2013, Abby and Mark Millett and Rick and Vicki James worked to ensure the green space ...

  • 12/13/2022
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Welcome Jenna Biggins!

A warm welcome to Jenna Biggins, the newest member of the ACRES team! She recently joined the staff as office manager. Biggins first gained experience at ACRES as an office intern in 2012. A decade later, she was excited to see an opportunity to return to the organization. “It’s a great mission and a great ...

  • 12/05/2022
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A Closer Look at Grass Lake

Since acquiring Grass Lake in 2018, ACRES has learned about several rare and endangered species living—and thriving—here at one of our most unique nature preserves. To better understand what makes this LaGrange County property unlike anywhere else in the state of Indiana, ACRES Communications Manager Bridgett Hernandez reached out to two botanists to learn more ...

  • 10/12/2022
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Your support does more than you know

Photo by Adam Balzer: A juvenile Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake coils among vegetation at Grass Lake in LaGrange County, Indiana. This closed preserve is strictly set aside as a nature sanctuary and for scientific study. The juvenile snake suggests the presence of a breeding population of the species, which is listed as endangered in the state ...

  • 10/12/2022
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Into the thick of it

By Reena Ramos, ACRES Outreach Manager Each step into the bog meant a full commitment for leg muscles. It was like walking through brownie batter. Pausing to look up could mean a face full of sphagnum moss for those who didn’t watch their footing. I scanned the landscape of dark water with its clumps of ...

  • 09/13/2022
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Retiring trails at Bock and Thornton preserves

By Chris Fairfield This article is part of a series highlighting preserves where ACRES will retire trails as part of our comprehensive plan to update visitor amenities at nature preserves. For a complete list of retiring trails and public access updates, visit acreslandtrust.org/raisingourstandards. Since 1960, ACRES Land Trust has worked hand-in-hand with private landowners to permanently protect 7,300 ...

  • 09/01/2022
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ACRES completes headquarters improvements

Recent improvements to our headquarters have increased our capacity to do even more! Thanks to your generous support, ACRES is pleased to announce the completion of its headquarters expansion at the Tom and Jane Dustin Nature Preserve! The project took two years to complete and includes a newly-constructed maintenance barn, improved lane access, new signs, ...

  • 08/29/2022
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Ways to help

ACRES protects land, stewards preserves and provides free and low-cost programs and events throughout the year. Have you ever wondered what you can do to help? Here are a few ideas: Financial Support More ideas for providing financial support… Make a gift to the ACRES fund at your local community foundation Include ACRES in your ...

  • 08/12/2022
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