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 ...
ACRES emphasizes stewarding not only land but also relationships. Lifelong connections sometimes lead to permanent protection of more than one property. When the Heinzerling family sensed it was time to ...
“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 ...
For ACRES, the idea of priority areas is not new. Since the 1960s we have targeted acquisitions in areas of geological, cultural and biological significance. Relatively recently, as we mapped ...
“There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature— the assurance that dawn comes after night and spring after winter.” Rachel Carson, “The Sense of Wonder” Understanding Grief’s ...
Over the last 18 years, I’ve visited ACRES preserves countless times, learning valuable lessons from nature itself. I live on an ACRES preserve and also volunteered to maintain Hathaway Preserve ...
A Dedicated Preserve Steward The Laatsch family protected their 97-acre property with ACRES in 2010, and in 2018, John Laatsch became a volunteer Preserve Steward. As a Preserve Steward, John ...
Erica’s love and appreciation of nature are clearly visible in her work. As a child, she watched nature-y cartoons like David the Gnome, and she spent a lot of time ...
ACRES recently partnered with wildlife researchers to study the weasel, known to be elusive, cunning and downright adorable. Dr. Scott Bergeson, Assistant Professor of Animal Biology at Purdue University Fort ...
How do you comprehend and measure a timespan of 200 years? In familial terms, 200 years spans eight generations. In 200 years, someone’s great, great, great, great, great-grandchildren will be ...
