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Maple Wood Nature Preserve

Two adjacent preserves serve as one: ACRES Maple Wood Nature Preserve and the LaGrange County Parks Nature Preserve. The county preserve has a visitor center, a maple syrup camp and a variety of year-round programs. Visitors may hike trails in both preserves. Common species of trees include sugar maple and butternut, and a variety of birds and wildflowers abound, the latter including ...

  • 03/25/2016
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Fawn River Nature Preserve

From the parking lot, the trail cuts through a shrubby grassland before looping through an upland beech/maple wooded section where visitors can enjoy a display of gold-yellow foliage in the fall. In early spring, seasonal pools of water called vernal pools provide mating grounds for frogs and salamanders. The loop trail’s westernmost point offers a ...

  • 03/25/2016
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ACRES Land Trust is a membership-based nonprofit organization 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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