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Serene walking trail at ACRES Land Trust preserve

Nature’s Healing Power: Finding Peace Through Outdoor Grief Support

“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 ...

10/28/2024
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Pawpaw leaves at Lloyd W. Bender Memorial Forest

Always Learning From Nature

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 ...

10/11/2024
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John Laatsch: Volunteer Preserve Steward at Pehkokia Woods

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 ...

09/30/2024
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Nature’s Verse: The Poetry of Erica Anderson-Senter

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 ...

08/07/2024
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In Search Of Weasels

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 ...

07/23/2024
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Wing Haven: Studying Long-Term Change

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 ...

07/18/2024
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ACRES Interns: Where Are They Now?

Thanks to support from the Olive B. Cole Foundation, ACRES hand-selects several students to accompany the stewardship crew on their summertime endeavors. These young minds learn the ways of conservation ...

07/04/2024
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Summer 2024 Road Trip

Are you looking to get out of the house this summer and hit the road? We’ve got you covered! This day trip takes you along I-69 and has you hiking ...

06/21/2024
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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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