Your Stories

You are ACRES. You make it possible to protect land.

You are the explorers seeking respite, adventure and everything in between on the trails. You are the members who take responsibility and come together to protect land. You are the volunteers who invest your time, energy and sweat into ACRES. You are the land donors who permanently protect the places that matter most to you.

These are a few of your stories.

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. ...

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 ...

Dick Loney

“You know, I’ve been exploring with friends long enough that I’ve seen many places before they became nature preserves.” To date, long-time ACRES member and volunteer Dick Loney has seen ...

Kristie Fuller

“My grandfather, whose parents lived near here, remembered as a boy, trees so big on this land that three to four men together couldn’t put their arms around them.” Kristie ...

Pam George

“The colors, sounds and scents of the wild are exhilarating. They instill in me a feeling of order, purpose and wonder. If I can instill that sense in others, it’s ...

The Stockman Family

“If you want the world to be a better place, it’s up to you to make it better,” he says. “These things don’t happen by magic. You can’t just assume ...

Connie & Steve Richie

“No matter what the troubles, after I would come back from a walk in the woods, they had dissipated, and I had put them in perspective.” “The peace and calming ...

Heather DeLorenzo

“When you love a place, you take care of it.” My name is Heather DeLorenzo and my story with ACRES Land Trust began in 2014 when I first discovered the ...

Mike Saylor & Dave Ray

“He left me for dead in the rain. On the Appalachian Trail. I’m not kidding. There’s a video.” That’s how Dave Ray introduces his hiking buddy, Mike Saylor. The two ...