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close up of artist Josie Quack's artpiece for the Wing Haven project.

Documenting Wing Haven: Year 6 of 200

ACRES launched the Ecological Reflections project in 2017 at Wing Haven with the goal of compiling a body of work to better understand how a particular place changes through time. This 200-year-long project seeks to inspire people to see land and its protection in a new way. Trees of Wing Haven Art Piece In 2021, ...

  • 09/26/2023
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Communications Manager, Elijah Stewart

Welcome Elijah Stewart!

Hello, ACRES family! I’m thrilled to join ACRES as its new Communications Manager! For the past ten years, I have been the Communication Director for a non-profit in my hometown of Columbia City. I look forward to bringing all those years of experience to ACRES and continuing its mission of protecting land forever. So, what ...

  • 09/22/2023
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Retiring Trails: Beechwood Nature Preserve

History Beechwood’s record reaches back into ACRES history. In 1964, Garnette and Mildred Foster gifted the majority of the preserved land. Garnette was a Detroit teacher and early member of ACRES. The Foster sisters recognized the importance of the deep Carlisle muck bog and surrounding plants. Their environmental lead prompted other Beechwood Lake Association landowners ...

  • 09/16/2023
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ACRES Land Trust

ACRES Land Trust is a member-supported nonprofit dedicated to protecting natural and working lands in northeast Indiana, southern Michigan and northwest Ohio. More than 2,000 ACRES members make it possible to protect these areas and offer trail systems for free public use, open dawn to dusk daily.

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© 2023 ACRES Land Trust | Photos: Garden blooms along the trail at Robb Hidden Canyon in Steuben County by Thomas Sprunger | Giant ichneumon wasp at Beechwood Nature Preserve in Steuben County by Jay Solomon