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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 Olive from the Tom and Jane Dustin Nature Preserve. It was a bold goal, and the work continues. With many hands, we can beat this ...

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 our current and past board members. ACRES would like to welcome our newest board members: Bob Hake, Marc Levy, Stan Moore and Janel Rogers. Bob ...

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. 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” ...

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 the lush, green views, and be at peace, Casey Jones, ACRES’ director of land management, isn’t one of them. His trained eye goes straight to ...

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 day long on Saturday, June 3, on ACRES preserves throughout our 32-county service area. (You can read more about Bird Blitz here) Many registered Bird ...

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 been a successful day!” Pam George, an active lifelong educator, taught elementary students, supported teachers as a principal, teaches future teachers at IPFW, volunteers for several Allen County nature organizations, co-coordinates ...

05/18/2017
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When you love a place, you take care of it: Heather DeLorenzo’s story

By Heather DeLorenzo “When you love a place, you take care of it.” My name is Heather DeLorenzo and my story with ACRES Land Trust began about three years ago in 2014 when I first discovered the organization and became interested in supporting their mission. Since then, a few ACRES properties in Wabash County have ...

04/25/2017
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Public invited to help ACRES Land Trust plant 200 trees at Blue Cast Springs nature preserve in honor of Hoosier Bicentennial

On Saturday, April 23, ACRES, with help from friends, families and neighbors, will begin replanting more than 20,000 native trees, reforesting 36 acres of cropland on its Blue Cast Springs nature preserve near Woodburn, Indiana. Using dibble bars, flat shovel-length ergonomic tools provided by the land trust, and expert guidance, volunteers of all ages are invited ...

04/23/2016
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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 preserve 10 minutes north of campus is part of ACRES Land Trust’s Indiana Bicentennial celebration. Some of the trees in the 235.5-acre Wildwood are nearly ...

04/16/2016
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