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ACRES Land Trust
How did ACRES begin? posted June 29, 2018 by ACRES Land Trust on YouTube
Have you ever wondered why ACRES is always capitalized?
Website: https://acreslandtrust.org/, Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ACRES.LT/. Monthly e-newsletter: https://acreslandtrust.org/email-news... Founded March 2, 1960, 1802 Chapman Road, Huntertown, Indiana (260) 637-2273, by local environmentalists Tom and Jane Dustin preserving natural areas around the tri-state area allowing them to remain or return to as close to their original condition as possible in dozens of preserves, totaling over 5,000 acres, from Allen County into southern Michigan, northwest Ohio and further south and west into Indiana. These preserves show how the land may have looked when Native American lived here and pioneers arrived for the first time. The Bicentennial Woods Preserve was acquired in 1994 to honor Fort Wayne's Bicentennial as an old growth preserve in Allen County. See web site ACRES Land Trust their ACRES in the news list of Media Relations headlines. or Facebook page. State nature preserves program proves there's more than cornfields in Indiana by Kevin Kilbane published March 20, 2017 in The News-Sentinel newspaper.
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Recreating a 1960 photo of ACRES founders by ACRES Land Trust on December 29, 2022 on YouTube
ACRES was founded in 1960 by 12 people who each pitched in $5 to protect local land forever. In 2022, the ACRES staff recreated a photo of some of these founding members. Watch to see how we recreated this moment in history!
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March 8, 2023 post by ACRES Land Trust on Facebook:
Happy International Women's Day!
Ethyle Bloch, one of ACRES twelve founders, was instrumental in protecting land and waterways in Indiana.
She and her closest friend, Jane Dustin, brought attention to the pollution of Indiana's waterways. They pursued the development of state waterway regulations and water quality standards. Thanks to their efforts, and the efforts of other ACRES members, Indiana's waters are much healthier!
Ethyle also served on the Water Resources Committee for the League of Women Voters during the 50's, was the first woman President of the Indiana Izaak Walton League, was a Board Member of the River Greenway organization, and was President of the Hoosier Environmental Council.
Thank you Ethyle for sharing your passion with Indiana and ACRES, your legacy continues to inspire us today!
đź“· Left to right: Bill Bloch, Ethyle Bloch, John Klotz, Jane Dustin
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A detail of the Dustin Barn - built between 1919 & 1920. This Indiana barn sits on the property of the Acres Land Trust,...
Posted by Indiana Barn Foundation on Thursday, April 4, 2024Thursday, April 4, 2024 post by the Indiana Barn Foundation on Facebook:
A detail of the Dustin Barn - built between 1919 & 1920. This Indiana barn sits on the property of the Acres Land Trust, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting natural & working lands in Indiana, Ohio & Michigan.
Photo taken at the 2021 Barn Tour, put on by the Indiana Barn Foundation.
Photo Credit @media37_indy
Venue: @acreslandtrust
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July 19, 2023 post by ACRES Land Trust on Facebook:
Thank you Input Fort Wayne for the feature!
Learn more about ACRES history, mission and more
ACRES Land Trust, the nonprofit preserving land indefinitely throughout the region
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October 16, 2023 post by Mitch Harper on Facebook:
Nice article on the history of Indiana's Nature Preserves and the role of Fort Wayne attorney James Barrett III (Barrett & McNagney) in the creation of Indiana's statute initiating protections.
Barrett, a founder of Indiana’s ACRES Land Trust, called the areas “living museums,” where people can ponder the “interdependence of all forms of life” and be reminded of human health’s “vital dependence … upon the health of the natural communities.” Copied from DNR celebrates 300 nature preserves, humble beginnings Since John Bacone joined DNR in 1978, the number of nature preserves in Indiana has grown sixfold: from 46 to 300. Leslie Bonilla Muñiz - October 16, 2023.
ACRES Land Trust instrumental in bold 50-year legacy of Indiana’s Nature Preserves Act at ACRES Land Trust
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Have you ever seen purple paint on a tree, post, or fence while hiking? Ever wonder what it means? In Indiana, purple...
Posted by ACRES Land Trust on Wednesday, April 17, 2024Wednesday, April 17, 2024post by ACRES Land Trust on Facebook:
Have you ever seen purple paint on a tree, post, or fence while hiking? Ever wonder what it means?
In Indiana, purple paint is an indicator of "No Trespassing!" The purple paint law allows property owners to easily indicate a property line and eases the burden of maintaining several "No Trespassing" signs.
Help us remain good neighbors to those who live next to our preserves by staying on the trail and adhering to the purple paint law when you come across it!
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We protect tree farms! ACRES harvests trees sustainably while utilizing best management practices. These practices focus...
Posted by ACRES Land Trust on Tuesday, March 19, 2024Tuesday, March 19, 2024 post by ACRES Land Trust on Facebook:
We protect tree farms!
ACRES harvests trees sustainably while utilizing best management practices. These practices focus on maintaining a high level of biodiversity within the canopy, mid-story, and forest floor.Priorities include:
- Limiting erosion
- Maintaining water quality
- Protecting and creating habitat for many species of birds, bats, and the countless other critters that stay beneath the trees.Most folks who plant trees with the intention of them one day being harvested are no longer around when the time for the first harvest arrives. ACRES ensures that these tree plantings are cared for and properly stewarded through their transition into a natural forest.
Claxton Woods by Thomas Sprunger -
Our Stewardship Director, Evan Hill, wrote a great article about how ACRES determines when it's time to reroute or...
Posted by ACRES Land Trust on Saturday, April 27, 2024Saturday, April 27, 2024 post by ACRES Land Truston Facebook:
Our Stewardship Director, Evan Hill, wrote a great article about how ACRES determines when it's time to reroute or retire a portion of trail inside of a preserve we protect. To learn more: The Challenge Of An Ever-Changing Landscape