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Birch Boots

February 14, 2018 Arts & Humanities, Blog, Winter No Comments
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To See is the Thing | Photographing ACRES

December 13, 2017 Arts & Humanities, Volunteering, Your Stories No Comments
If you’ve been a member over the past year or so, you’ve seen amateur nature photographer Thomas Sprunger’s preserve photos on your new preserve announcement postcards and in your Quarterly. You see his work on ACRES’ website, and in our media releases. Thomas visits the preserves often, on his own; he also volunteers “on call” ...
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Add to this poem | Wing Haven. Year Zero of 200.

October 13, 2017 Arts & Humanities, Ecological Reflections No Comments
Earlier this year, ACRES Land Trust kicked off our 200-year Ecological Reflections art and science initiative, curating works on Wing Haven, an ACRES preserve north of Angola. The initiative will commission and share two centuries of work by artists and scientists investigating and reflecting on Wing Haven over time. “It’s hard for most of us to ...
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ACRES launches 200 year Ecological Reflections art & science initiative

August 9, 2017 Arts & Humanities, Ecological Reflections No Comments
ACRES Land Trust kicks off a 200-year Ecological Reflections art and science initiative with a celebration, 2 pm, Saturday, August 12 at Wing Haven, located at 180 W 400 N, Angola, IN 46703. Indiana’s oldest and largest local land trust will commission and share two centuries of work by artists and scientists investigating and reflecting ...
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Ecological Reflections: The Art & Science of a Place in Forever

May 24, 2017 Arts & Humanities, Blog, Ecological Reflections No Comments
“It’s hard for most of us to visualize what forever means. This ‘short-term’ project of 200 years reinforces ACRES commitment to forever, gets people thinking about time differently, and demonstrates how ACRES views land-changes over two centuries.”– Jason Kissel Art Hammer Wetlands by Dick Lehman for ACRESMunro Nature Preserve by Nancy McCroskkey for ACRESWildwood by Jena ...
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My Woods

February 7, 2017 Arts & Humanities, Blog, Winter 3 Comments
By Kim Bowers In “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening,” Robert Frost stops to watch someone’s “woods fill up with snow.” He stands there for a long time but must leave because his obligations to society pull him back and because the woods do not really belong to him. With a shake of ...
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Learning to be astonished: Finding poetry in the preserves

January 16, 2017 Arts & Humanities, Blog, Winter No Comments
By Kim Bowers I’m often reminded of poetry when I’m in the preserves. I’ll just be walking along, and a line of poetry will come to mind. Sometimes from a poem, sometimes from a piece of prose. Whatever the source, the words enhance my experience. They inspire me and help me enjoy the preserves even more. To my delight, ACRES ...
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