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Member Volunteer Profile: Sue Diefenbach

“I feel like I’ve made a difference, and it’s been fun,” said Sue Diefenbach, reflecting on serving as ACRES’ recording secretary for the past 12 years. Prior to retiring from ...

  • 04/09/2019
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Trine conservation students to help ACRES manage Beechwood, engage in land ethic

This semester, Trine University students enrolled in a Conservation course will help ACRES Land Trust as part of a land management immersion, focused on caring for the Beechwood, Foster and ...

  • 02/20/2019
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Building a Bridge: Eagle Scout Graham Seiler supports Bicentennial Woods, connects community

Graham Seiler took the path less traveled. Given options for volunteer work toward earning Eagle Scout status, Seiler chose to replace a slippery, weathered bridge at Bicentennial Woods near Huntertown, ...

  • 10/17/2018
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Welcome Natasha Manor, ACRES Office and Volunteer Manager

“My appreciation and passion for natural places did not take hold until adulthood.  I was not an outdoorsy child or adolescent! I think my love of nature began with plants, ...

  • 08/02/2018
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Autumn Olive Project Update | A bold goal and call for help

Are you looking for a rewarding service project on the land? ACRES is putting out a new call for help. Last year, volunteers started the process of completely removing Autumn ...

  • 05/23/2018
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ACRES Welcomes New Board Members

Non-profit organizations cannot function without dedicated, engaged board members. Giving back through board service is a great way to support ACRES’ mission, and we are incredibly grateful for all of ...

  • 03/07/2018
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To See is the Thing | Photographing ACRES

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. ...

  • 12/13/2017
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Protecting Biodiversity: Managing Invasive Species

“Biodiversity that should be there, and has potential to be there, is lost when a non-native species takes a foothold.” While some people can walk through the woods, take in ...

  • 07/25/2017
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Get in on Bird Blitz fun! Pledge your support today.

74 participants have registered for ACRES’ first ever Bird Blitz! Pledge your support online HERE. 74 Bird Blitzers! That’s many teams, families, duos and individuals who will be counting birds all ...

  • 05/24/2017
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Where The Wild Things Are: Pam George’s Story

“The colors, sounds and scents of the wild are exhilarating. They instill in me a feeling of order, purpose and wonder. If I can instill that sense in others, it’s ...

  • 05/18/2017
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ACRES Land Trust

ACRES Land Trust is a member-supported nonprofit dedicated to protecting natural and working lands in northeast Indiana, southern Michigan and northwest Ohio. More than 2,000 ACRES members make it possible to protect these areas and offer trail systems for free public use, open dawn to dusk daily.

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