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Little Wabash River Nature Preserve: The Place That Keeps On Giving

Article and photos by Tessa Aby-Kruger and Joanna Stebing ACRES Land Trust protects a variety of properties with diverse habitats, plants and animal communities. While some preserves offer public access, ...

  • 06/03/2024
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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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The Challenge Of An Ever-Changing Landscape

By Evan Hill As an avid hiker and backpacker, I love hiking trails, but as a natural resource professional, it’s also important that I keep an eye on where lines ...

  • 04/25/2024
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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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looking upstream at the Kokiwanee waterfall

Kokiwanee: Celebrating 20 Years

Twenty years ago, ACRES acquired Kokiwanee from the Girl Scouts who had operated the property as a camp from 1945 to 1996. Before that, the property was a farm, and ...

  • 03/05/2024
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Expanding Habitat for Rare, Threatened and Endangered Species

It’s a great feeling knowing that ACRES protects and stewards many areas that rare, threatened and endangered species call home. However, the number of plants and animals listed as rare ...

  • 02/14/2024
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aerial view of a cornfield against a group of trees

ACRES Protects the Stevens Family Farm and Forest Reserve

The farm and 1863 home outside of Angola, Indiana, where Virginia “Ginny” Stevens was raised, and where she returned to call home the last ten years, has been in her ...

  • 01/30/2024
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a stream runs under a wooden boardwalk during the winter months

Stewardship During Winter

As the weather cools and deciduous trees become bare, ACRES stewardship crew still has vital work to do. From invasive species management through the cut-stump method, prairie plantings, forest stand ...

  • 01/18/2024
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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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