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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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flowers at Ropchan Memorial

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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close up of artist Josie Quack's artpiece for the Wing Haven project.

Documenting Wing Haven: Year 6 of 200

ACRES launched the Ecological Reflections project in 2017 at Wing Haven with the goal of compiling a body of work to better understand how a particular place changes through time. This 200-year-long project seeks to inspire people to see land ...

  • 09/26/2023
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Communications Manager, Elijah Stewart

Welcome Elijah Stewart!

Hello, ACRES family! I’m thrilled to join ACRES as its new Communications Manager! For the past ten years, I have been the Communication Director for a non-profit in my hometown of Columbia City. I look forward to bringing all those ...

  • 09/22/2023
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Retiring Trails: Beechwood Nature Preserve

History Beechwood’s record reaches back into ACRES history. In 1964, Garnette and Mildred Foster gifted the majority of the preserved land. Garnette was a Detroit teacher and early member of ACRES. The Foster sisters recognized the importance of the deep ...

  • 09/16/2023
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Springing into Action: A Plant Rescue

Because protecting land is its mission, ACRES periodically receives calls that require immediate action. Such was the case in April when Freya Berntson, Stewardship Chair of the Northeast Chapter of Indiana Native Plant Society (NE INPS), reached out to ACRES ...

  • 09/06/2023
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