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ACRES Protects Disko Fen

Disko Fen, a 58-acre preserve located in Wabash County, first caught the eye of conservationists decades ago. This special place features marl and peat wetlands and is home to a variety of sedges and plants like swamp lousewort, lesser fringed gentian and shrubby cinquefoil. Rich Dunbar, regional ecologist with Indiana Department of Natural Resources, noted ...

  • 05/30/2023
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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, Abby and Mark Millett and Rick and Vicki James worked to ensure the green space ...

  • 12/13/2022
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ACRES Protects Two Steuben Properties

ACRES Land Trust recently acquired two properties in Steuben County for permanent protection. Together, these properties add 62 acres to the land we protect in the region, bringing ACRES total land protected to 7,331 acres. These new properties will continue providing habitat for wildlife and native plants while expanding tracts of natural areas already under ...

  • 12/15/2021
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ACRES’ neighbors, funders expand Wildwood preserve south of Warsaw

Additional 19 acres helps keep preserve wild, protects entire pond. Silver Lake, Ind. (September 17, 2018) – ACRES Land Trust’s Wildwood nature preserve in Kosciusko County has grown by 19 acres enclosing the preserve’s small pond, thanks to a purchase from neighbor and tenant farmer Roger Wagoner and his wife, Carla. “We’re eager to work ...

  • 09/25/2018
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