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a stream runs under a wooden boardwalk during the winter months

Stewardship During Winter

As the weather cools and deciduous trees become bare, ACRES stewardship crew still has vital work to do. From invasive species management through the cut-stump method, prairie plantings, forest stand improvements, boundary inspections, and access enhancements, ACRES “stew crew” work ...

01/18/2024
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two people hiking on the frozen waters of Ross Run at Hathaway nature preserve

Looking Back: Creek Stomp

Summer 2009, the first Creek Stomp was announced in the Quarterly. This widely popular Ross Run Creek event has been annual ever since. Each year, participants get up close and personal with minnows, snakes, frogs, leeches, crayfish, salamanders, insects, fossils ...

01/03/2024
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Fog hovers above the water at Ball Lake Nature Preserve

Retiring Trails: Ball Lake Nature Preserve

From a Chinese Proverb:“A good neighbor is a found treasure.” ACRES has numerous neighbors in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. ACRES neighboring parcels come in many shapes, sizes and conditions including farmland, industrial lands, resort areas, university lands and public parks. ...

12/21/2023
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Edna Spurgeon Woodland Reserve in autumn

Making a Long-Term Commitment

If you look in the most recent issue of our Quarterly, you’ll find the names of 50 people who joined ACRES in the past three months. To you who are listed — welcome to ACRES, and thanks for protecting land! ...

12/12/2023
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Tall trees at John Cring Memorial Forest

Acquisition: John Cring Memorial Forest

Earlham College recently donated to ACRES a 40-acre forest in Jay County. In the 1960s, Earlham College had received the property from the Cring family, who had requested that the forest be “preserved in its natural and primitive state.” With ...

12/04/2023
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Retiring Trails: Brammall & Richard Bruner Nature Preserves

If you are looking down at the Brammall and Richard Bruner Nature Preserves from above, they look like a tiny woodland flanked by a small kettle lake, a busy highway and lots of farmland. From ground level, you can see ...

11/22/2023
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Acquisition: Conley Woods Nature Preserve

ACRES recently acquired Conley Woods Nature Preserve, a 100-acre property in Elkhart County, Indiana. This land was previously protected by Trillium Land Conservancy (TLC), a land trust founded in 2001 by a group of volunteers when no other land trust ...

11/06/2023
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Protecting Land & Evading Turkeys

Imagine it’s your first week as a stewardship intern for ACRES. Excitement, mixed with a hint of nervousness, bubbles inside as you embark on a new adventure, eager to acquire valuable skills for your future career. One of your first ...

10/25/2023
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50 Years: Ropchan Memorial

October, 4 2023 marks 50 years of protecting Ropchan Memorial forever! While this milestone certainly is a significant one, these past 50 years are merely a drop in the bucket of “protected FOREVER“. If you want to get to know ...

10/04/2023
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An autumnal forest with dirt trail cutting through it.

Hidden Heroes

When you enter a healthy forest, you see a landscape dominated by trees standing strong and hardy, thriving in four seasons. You see these trees are made of many parts: heavy trunks, sweeping branches, knobby roots, lush leaves. You can ...

10/03/2023
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