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ACRES Land Trust, Manchester students invite the public to help plant 200 trees at Wildwood preserve

Community residents will join Manchester University’s Environmental Club in reforesting an acre of Wildwood nature preserve in Kosciusko County on Saturday, April 16. The planting of 200 trees on the ...

04/16/2016
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ACRES Log 2: Roots

by Megan CooperOutreach InternUniversity of Saint Francis You should know ACRES Land Trust is run from a house. Just a residence-designed plot of wooded land. Sure, we call it “office.” ...

03/15/2016
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Exploring the preserves: anticipating spring wildflowers

By John J. Smith Skunk cabbage (picture 1 below) is the first native plant to flower, most years in March. Then come harbinger-of-spring, hepatica, false rue anemone and many more. But 2016 ...

03/01/2016
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ACRES Log 1: Forever

by Megan Cooper Outreach Intern University of Saint Francis In late January amidst the tree-barred woods of Indiana, I hitched my satchel hastily over my shoulder, aware of the presence ...

02/15/2016
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ACRES Land Trust offers expert mentoring opportunities in land management careers for northeast Indiana interns

ACRES Land Trust is seeking applicants for three summer internships that will match college students with expert mentors in land management, protection, acquisition and research. 2015 marks the fifth year of ...

01/01/2016
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ACRES temporarily closes preserve to protect region from spread of Japanese stiltgrass

UPDATE 12/11/2020: This trail system has been retired. ACRES closed this property to the public as part of its comprehensive plan to update visitor amenities at ACRES nature preserves. Learn ...

12/31/2015
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Claxton Woods, timber is renewable gift to ACRES Land Trust

ACRES Land Trust has embarked on a promise to protect from development 93 acres of Claxton family legacy timber. In 40 or 50 years, this land a mile north of ...

12/28/2015
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Phillip Smith shares the land he loves, adding to Tel-Hy nature preserve in Huntington County

ACRES Land Trust has expanded Tel-Hy nature preserve with a 6.9 acre donation by Phillip Smith, a friend and neighbor of Hy and Lorraine Goldenberg, donors of the existing Huntington County ...

12/24/2015
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Blue Cast Springs History

By Tom Castaldi Travel east nineteen miles from Fort Wayne into Maumee Township on U.S. 24 heading for the Indiana-Ohio state line, and you’ll pass near Blue Cast Springs. Back ...

10/30/2015
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From much-anticipated preservation to recreation, Spring Lake Woods and Bog to open to public

The land is protected. Species are inventoried; footbridges installed. Eager explorers are standing by. Spring Lake Woods and Bog, a 107-acre northwest Allen County nature preserve protected by ACRES Land ...

08/29/2015
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