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Kirk Swaidner

ACRES member and volunteer Kirk Swaidner agreed to sit down with Office Manager Natasha Manor for a video interview. Kirk shared his stories of how he came to ACRES, how ...

  • 11/17/2020
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Jim Haddock

Interview by Jason Kissel ACRES Member Jim Haddock agreed to sit down with Executive Director Jason Kissel for a video interview. Jim shared stories of his experience with the organization ...

  • 08/19/2020
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Angie O’Neill

Interview by Jason Kissel Angie reluctantly agreed to be interviewed on video to describe her 50-year relationship with ACRES. Reluctant, because she didn’t want the attention on her, and she ...

  • 05/19/2020
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Thomas Sprunger

“I’ve always liked natural places. In 1964, when I was a kid, my mom and dad and grandparents went out west on a month-long trip. We stayed in a rustic ...

  • 07/29/2019
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Janet Canino and Family

”‘If not now, when? If not us, who?’” encapsulates why ACRES’ mission “to protect land—forever” is of utmost importance to my family. When it is estimated that at least 85 ...

  • 07/29/2019
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Joe and Nancy Conrad

Although Mother Nature feigns sleep at this time of year, undercover she is alive with activity. She beckons into her wondrous, quiet world those of us open to adventure. Fortified ...

  • 12/08/2017
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Velma Caprarotta

“I love the land and wanted to keep the Caprarotta family name on it, and I feel great about protecting it with ACRES members.” Velma Caprarotta has a long history ...

  • 12/08/2017
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Josie Fox

“ACRES caught my eye during trips to Indiana over 20 years ago, and this has evolved into a mentorship. ACRES’ programs are outstanding! Their pipeline of information to members is ...

  • 12/08/2017
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Sam Ropchan

“[In the] Great Northern Plains of Alberta, pioneers were surrounded by nothing but scrub, small stands of white or black poplar, and sloughs [swamps]. The land was all virgin prairie. ...

  • 12/06/2017
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Brett Bloom and Bonnie Fortune

“We hold the need to be in these places deep in our DNA. The search is for the connections that emanate from this place, that inspire love of place, give ...

  • 12/05/2017
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ACRES Land Trust

ACRES Land Trust is a member-supported nonprofit 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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