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ACRES: Now and Then

ACRES is dedicated to protecting land forever, and we’re also committed to preserving all of the other things that come with land, from historic photos to correspondence with land donors. In recent years, we’ve put a lot of effort into ...

01/19/2023
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ACRES Members Take a Photo Walk

ACRES recently hosted a Nature Photography Workshop and Photo Walk for members at the ACRES office on the Tom & Jane Dustin Nature Preserve. The event started with a brief presentation by Communications Manager Bridgett Hernandez titled “Taking Better Nature ...

01/16/2023
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22 Things ACRES Supporters Made Possible in 2022

Thanks to ACRES supporters — members, volunteers, land donors and many others — we were able to achieve so much in 2022! As this year comes to an end, we want to share 22 things our supporters made possible in ...

12/29/2022
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ACRES protects 110 acres in Auburn

ACRES Land Trust has acquired Greenhurst Commons, a 110-acre urban nature preserve in the City of Auburn, through a full donation. The property was the grounds of the former Greenhurst golf course. When it went up for sale in 2013, ...

12/13/2022
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Welcome Jenna Biggins!

A warm welcome to Jenna Biggins, the newest member of the ACRES team! She recently joined the staff as office manager. Biggins first gained experience at ACRES as an office intern in 2012. A decade later, she was excited to ...

12/05/2022
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A Closer Look at Grass Lake

Since acquiring Grass Lake in 2018, ACRES has learned about several rare and endangered species living—and thriving—here at one of our most unique nature preserves. To better understand what makes this LaGrange County property unlike anywhere else in the state ...

10/12/2022
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Your support does more than you know

Photo by Adam Balzer: A juvenile Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake coils among vegetation at Grass Lake in LaGrange County, Indiana. This closed preserve is strictly set aside as a nature sanctuary and for scientific study. The juvenile snake suggests the presence ...

10/12/2022
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Into the thick of it

By Reena Ramos, ACRES Outreach Manager Each step into the bog meant a full commitment for leg muscles. It was like walking through brownie batter. Pausing to look up could mean a face full of sphagnum moss for those who ...

09/13/2022
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Retiring trails at Bock and Thornton preserves

By Chris Fairfield This article is part of a series highlighting preserves where ACRES will retire trails as part of our comprehensive plan to update visitor amenities at nature preserves. For a complete list of retiring trails and public access updates, visit acreslandtrust.org/raisingourstandards. ...

09/01/2022
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ACRES completes headquarters improvements

Recent improvements to our headquarters have increased our capacity to do even more! Thanks to your generous support, ACRES is pleased to announce the completion of its headquarters expansion at the Tom and Jane Dustin Nature Preserve! The project took ...

08/29/2022
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