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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 see an opportunity to return to the organization. “It’s a great mission and a great ...

  • 12/05/2022
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Winter Solstice 2019: Staff Outing

For staff development, relationship building … and fun! …  the ACRES staff enjoys seasonal outings for each equinox or solstice. We aim to stay close to the land and the communities we serve, so we take these days out, closing the office and hitting the road. We meet regional partners, businesses, educators, farmers, or other ...

  • 12/31/2019
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ACRES welcomes Reena Ramos (back) to the team

“The question is not what you look at, but what you see.” — Henry David Thoreau, a journal entry dated Aug. 5, 1851 ACRES invites you to welcome Reena Ramos to our team as advancement coordinator. Ramos, of Auburn, began supporting ACRES Land Trust’s communication and donor relations earlier this summer. She previously worked three ...

  • 07/11/2019
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Field Report | Fall Equinox Staff Outing 2018

For staff development, relationship building … and fun! …  the ACRES staff enjoys seasonal outings for each equinox or solstice. We aim to stay close to the land and the communities we serve, so we take these days out, closing the office and hitting the road. We meet regional partners, businesses, educators, farmers, or other ...

  • 09/26/2018
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Fall Equinox 2018 | Staff Outing

As ACRES staff members, we support land protectors and nature lovers in their relationships with land. We also take the time to nurture our own relationships with land and community. Each quarter, we organize staff outings in honor of seasonal changes. We immerse ourselves in nature’s wonder and learn more about community partners, local businesses ...

  • 09/18/2018
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Welcome Natasha Manor, ACRES Office and Volunteer Manager

“My appreciation and passion for natural places did not take hold until adulthood.  I was not an outdoorsy child or adolescent! I think my love of nature began with plants, indoors.  My mother has always been a collector and committed caretaker of houseplants. She shared that hobby with my sister and me and to this ...

  • 08/02/2018
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The Many Reasons Why People Support ACRES

Our executive director Jason Kissel has been in awe of land for several decades. He traces his love of natural areas back to when he was just a kid, watching his dad work with the U.S. Forest Service. Below, Jason shares his experiences with ACRES and the main threads in the stories of several of ...

  • 07/25/2018
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Summer Solstice 2018: Staff Outing

In 2016, ACRES Land Trust launched quarterly staff development days in honor of seasonal changes. The ACRES Office is closed for the spring and fall equinoxes as well as for summer and winter solstices. ACRES staff use these days to explore places, build the team and discover natural wonders. Here’s the view from our 2018 ...

  • 06/27/2018
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Office and Volunteer Manager Tina Puitz says goodbye | Now Hiring

It comes with much joy and sadness that I am leaving the staff of ACRES. The past nine years have been fun, challenging and rewarding. I was blessed to work with some amazing people over the years. Amazing staff members who made me laugh and cry through good times and bad, but at the end ...

  • 05/16/2018
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Bee happy: summer solstice in the field!

When you help ACRES donors and members protect land, you’d better spend some time walking it, wondering over it – and working it. You also need to appreciate natural cycles. Last year, ACRES Land Trust staff launched quarterly staff development days in honor of seasonal changes. The ACRES Office is closed for the spring and ...

  • 06/22/2017
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© 2023 ACRES Land Trust | Photos: A swirling pattern frozen in Davis Fisher Creek at McNabb-Walter Nature Preserve in Allen County by Jenny Weatherford | A Virginia opossum perched in a tree at Wildwood in Kosciusko County by Ralph Campbell