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Shingle Oak Ridge

A Family Legacy of Conservation Some might say that the importance of land conservation came to them during a class, or they learned about it from a friend or realized ...

  • 03/03/2025
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LaSalle Family Natural Area

“I never really thought of this place as my land,” said Amanda LaSalle as she sat next to her husband, Bill, in the kitchen of the home they have shared ...

  • 12/18/2024
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Live Like Karlie

People appreciate being in ACRES preserves for different reasons. For Andie LaComb, what began as a simple way to enjoy nature’s beauty morphed into a deep motivation to help the ...

  • 05/22/2024
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a close-up of two acorns leaning against each other on the grass

What Will Your Legacy Be?

Perfectly aligned with ACRES’ long-term approach to thinking and planning, planned giving allows you to plant seeds of change that will grow into a lasting benefit for future generations. Former ...

  • 03/27/2024
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view of the creek at Heinzerling Family Five Points Nature Preserve

Visiting Preserves: Guests In Someone Else’s Home

“We live here — please respect our home!” is the unspoken understanding when visiting someone’s home. We quickly catch cues about taking off shoes, where we can go, which doors ...

  • 03/06/2024
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two people hiking on the frozen waters of Ross Run at Hathaway nature preserve

Looking Back: Creek Stomp

Summer 2009, the first Creek Stomp was announced in the Quarterly. This widely popular Ross Run Creek event has been annual ever since. Each year, participants get up close and ...

  • 01/03/2024
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Fog hovers above the water at Ball Lake Nature Preserve

Retiring Trails: Ball Lake Nature Preserve

From a Chinese Proverb:“A good neighbor is a found treasure.” ACRES has numerous neighbors in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. ACRES neighboring parcels come in many shapes, sizes and conditions including ...

  • 12/21/2023
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Edna Spurgeon Woodland Reserve in autumn

Making a Long-Term Commitment

If you look in the most recent issue of our Quarterly, you’ll find the names of 50 people who joined ACRES in the past three months. To you who are ...

  • 12/12/2023
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Tall trees at John Cring Memorial Forest

Acquisition: John Cring Memorial Forest

Earlham College recently donated to ACRES a 40-acre forest in Jay County. In the 1960s, Earlham College had received the property from the Cring family, who had requested that the ...

  • 12/04/2023
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Retiring Trails: Brammall & Richard Bruner Nature Preserves

If you are looking down at the Brammall and Richard Bruner Nature Preserves from above, they look like a tiny woodland flanked by a small kettle lake, a busy highway ...

  • 11/22/2023
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