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Retired Huntington County teacher protects 23 acres along the Wabash River with ACRES Land Trust

ACRES Land Trust recently acquired the Philip and Jean Ross Preserve, the sixth property permanently protected by the local land trust in Huntington. To date, ACRES protects 7,094 acres in ...

  • 04/15/2019
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Member Volunteer Profile: Sue Diefenbach

“I feel like I’ve made a difference, and it’s been fun,” said Sue Diefenbach, reflecting on serving as ACRES’ recording secretary for the past 12 years. Prior to retiring from ...

  • 04/09/2019
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Hoosiers protect land with Environmental License Plate

Purchasing a license plate for your new vehicle? Or renewing your plates? How can your $40 Environmental License Plate help ACRES? You may be surprised to learn that since 1992, ...

  • 03/20/2019
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ACRES seeks applicants for paid summer land management internships

ACRES Land Trust is seeking applications for summer land management interns, matching students with expert mentors in protecting, acquiring and managing working and natural lands. The program, in its ninth ...

  • 03/15/2019
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Scaling up: growing land management with diverse financial support

ACRES Land Trust’s land management efforts are growing. With your support, new heavy equipment is at work in the preserves – pulverizing non-native invasive plants and boosting our restoration and ...

  • 03/06/2019
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ACRES Annual Report: July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018

With thanks to ACRES members for ongoing support, here is our Annual Report from fiscal year 2017-2018. Read more: Founders Forest Grass Lake Little Lake Wildwood addition MANAGEMENT | (Calendar ...

  • 02/25/2019
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Trine conservation students to help ACRES manage Beechwood, engage in land ethic

This semester, Trine University students enrolled in a Conservation course will help ACRES Land Trust as part of a land management immersion, focused on caring for the Beechwood, Foster and ...

  • 02/20/2019
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Stewardship update: Restoration & Enhancement Projects

Land Management has been on the move this year, doing important work on several ACRES preserves. Here are some notes from the field regarding their progress at Walter H. and ...

  • 02/06/2019
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Fossils: Nature’s Clues

[Editor’s note: While it may be difficult to imagine today’s snow-covered Midwest was once a shallow sea, explorers of last Saturday’s Creek Stomp – Winter Edition at Hathaway Preserve at ...

  • 02/01/2019
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The long view: glimpsing forever, one day at a time

Dear friends, Since ACRES protects land forever, I often engage in conversations envisioning what natural areas will look like during the course of forever. We think about how much bigger trees will ...

  • 01/17/2019
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