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Springing into Action: A Plant Rescue

Because protecting land is its mission, ACRES periodically receives calls that require immediate action. Such was the case in April when Freya Berntson, Stewardship Chair of the Northeast Chapter of ...

  • 09/06/2023
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Celebrating 10 Years at ACRES

By Heather Barth June 3, 2023, marked the 10th anniversary of my time with ACRES. As I reflect back over the last decade, I am honored to have played a ...

  • 09/01/2023
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Fawn River Nature Preserve Inventory

A midday sun flashing through the canopy catches the steady ripples of Fawn River. At first glance, it’s a calm sparkling picture. But if you pause to watch and listen, ...

  • 08/18/2023
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Land Acquisition Gains Momentum

We’re excited to report that 2023 will be a record-breaking year for land protection! Recent and upcoming land acquisitions total 752 acres, meaning the amount of land ACRES owns and ...

  • 03/09/2023
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Research Update: How One Wildflower Responds to Environmental Change

In 2021, we shared the story of Emma Boehm, a doctoral student at Indiana University, who was beginning research on blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia verna). She wanted to learn how populations ...

  • 02/28/2023
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Planting and Nurturing Future Forests

By Ben Taylor, ACRES Project Manager Our restoration efforts are my favorite projects to coordinate at ACRES, particularly tree plantings. Since the turn of the century, ACRES has planted roughly ...

  • 02/23/2023
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Mimicking Succession

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

  • 11/04/2020
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ACRES Research: Endangered Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake

By Reena Ramos, ACRES Outreach Manager ACRES lets nature take its course on the preserves, with the exception of eradicating invasive species. Normally, an endangered or threatened species found on ...

  • 09/24/2020
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A Growing Community of People Who Care About Land

Membership has been a cornerstone of ACRES since we organized as an official nonprofit in 1960. It took five years to top 200 members; we hit 1,000 in 2004, and ...

  • 09/08/2020
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Protecting Habitats in Indiana: State Dedicated Preserves

Indiana’s system of dedicated Nature Preserves was created when an ACRES founder, Jim Barrett III, wrote the 1967 Indiana Nature Preserves Act, providing permanent protection for significant natural areas across ...

  • 08/31/2020
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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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