ACRES Land Trust
Monday, May 20, 2013
Nature Preserves
 
Thankfully, there are many other organizations who also protect natural areas.  Listed below are partner preserves located within ACRES service area. 
 
 
 
Click on the name of a nature preserve for more information.

Preserve & Township

Year Acquired

Acres

Trails (Miles)

Access to Preserve

Special Features

Adams County      (Back to top)

Baltzell-Lenhart Woods Nature Preserve
Washington Township
(DNR)
  37 No Parking Lot  
Limberlost Swamp Wetland Preserve
Wabash Township
(Limberlost Swamp Remembered)
1996 479   Parking Lot  

Allen County      (Back to top)

Arrowhead Marsh
Aboite Township
(Little River Wetlands Project)
  97      
Arrowhead Prairie
Lafayette Township
(Little River Wetlands Project)
  90      
Eagle Marsh
Aboite Township
  680      
Fox Island Nature Preserve
(Allen County Park and Recreation Board)
(Fox Island Alliance)
  270 Yes Via Park Trails Part of Fox Island County Park
Lindenwood Nature Preserve in Ft. Wayne
Wayne Township
(Ft. Wayne Parks & Recreation)
  110 Yes Parking Lot  
Meno-aki Nature Preserve
Cedar Creek Township
  120     Part of Metea Park
Rodenbeck (Albert D.) Nature Preserve
Perry Township
(Ft. Wayne Ch., Izaak Walton League)
  49     Hunting permitted in season

Huntington County      (Back to top)

Monument Island Wildlife Refuge
Polk Township
  43 No Closed to Public Island on Salamonie Lake
Thornhill Nature Preserve
Clear Creek Township
(Huntington College)
1967 77      
Wygant Woods Natural Area
Rock Creek Township
(DNR)
    No Parking Lot Hunting permitted in season

Jay County      (Back to top)

Bell-Croft Woods Nature Preserve
Wayne Township
(DNR) (near Portland)
1996 40      
Kantner (Jesse) Memorial Forest
Madison Township
(Private Owner)
  85     Neighbor to Bibler N.P.
Loblolly Marsh Wetland Preserve
Jackson Township
(Limberlost Swamp Remembered)
  531 Yes Parking Lot  

Kosciusko County      (Back to top)

Ball (Edmund & Virginia) Wetlands and Nature Preserve
Tippecanoe Township
(YMCA Muncie)
1984 220      
Chapman Lake Nature Preserve
Plain Township
(DNR)
1999 38.43      
Chapman Lake Wetlands Nature Preserve
Plain Township
(DNR)
  230      
Greider's Woods Nature Preserve
Turkey Foot Township
(DNR Fish & Wildlife)
  10 Yes Parking Lot FWA – hunting permitted in season
Koinonia Environmental and Retreat Center
Monroe Township
(Manchester College)
  100     Nature center, Larrew Lake
Little Chapman Lake Nature Preserve
Plain Township
(DNR)
1994 0.579      
Pisgah Marsh Wildlife Diversity Area
Tippecanoe Township
(DNR Fish & Wildlife)
  445 Yes Parking Lots Elevated boardwalk view of area
Wawasee Wetland Nature Preserve
Turkey Creek Township
(DNR)
  17 No Canoe Access Only Lake Wawasee

LaGrange County      (Back to top)

Cline Lake Fen Preserve
Bloomfield Township
(The Nature Conservancy)
1998 67 No    
Duff Nature Preserve
Greenfield Township
  25     Cedar Lake
Fawn River Fen Preserve
(The Nature Conservancy)
1990 122   Park on Road  
LaGrange County Nature Preserve
Bloomfield Township
(LaGrange County Parks)
  85     Nature center, Sugar camp
Mongo Fen Nature Preserve
Springfield Township
(DNR)
  15.5+      
Mongoquinong Nature Preserve
Bloomfield Township
(DNR Fish & Wildlife)
        FWA – hunting permitted in season
Peterman Nature Preserve
Johnson Township
(DNR)
2005        
Olin Lake Nature Preserve
Johnson Township
(DNR)
        Oliver, Olin & Martin Lakes
Tamarack Bog Nature Preserve
Springfield Township
(DNR Fish & Wildlife)
  100 No Parking Lot Natl. Natural Landmark 1973;
FWA – hunting

Noble County      (Back to top)

Bixler Lake Wetland Nature Area
In Kendallville
(Kendallville Parks and Recreation)
  190 Yes Via Park Trail Part of Bixler Lake City Park
Merry Lea Nature Preserve
Noble & Washington Townships
(Goshen College)
1980 1150 Yes Parking Lots  
Tulip Creek Nature Center
Perry Township
  50   Parking Lot Nature center

Steuben County      (Back to top)

Douglas Woods
Otsego Township
(The Nature Conservancy)
(& Dekalb Co.)
199x 522     (Directions)
Fish Creek Trail, Hamilton
Otsego Township
(City of Hamilton)
2002   2 mi. Parking Lots Fish Creek-Gnagy Park to Ball Lake
Koeneman Lake
Clear Lake Township
(Clear L. Twp. Land Conservancy, Inc.)
  11     Koeneman Lake
LaTierra Nature Preserve
(Blue Heron Ministries e-mail)
  38      
Lime Lake Nature Preserve
Millgrove Township
(DNR)
1995 90.59      
Loon Lake Nature Preserve
Pleasant Township
(DNR)
1998 6.5      
McClue (Charles) Nature Preserve
Pleasant Township
(Steuben Co. Commissioners per DNR)
  80 Yes Parking Lot  
Pottawatomi Nature Preserve
Jamestown Township
(DNR State Parks and Reservoirs)
  256 Yes Via Park Trails Part of Pokagon State Park
Ropchan Wetland Conservation Area
Fremont Township
(DNR Fish & Wildlife)
        Part of Ropchan Cooperative Project

Wabash County      (Back to top)

Asherwood Nature Preserve
Waltz Township
(Asherwood Environmental Science Center)
  60 Yes Via Center's Trails  
Flory-Gemmer Marsh Preserve
Chester Township
(Tippecanoe Audubon Society)
    No Parking Lot  
Flory-Gemmer Woods Preserve
Chester Township
(Tippecanoe Audubon Society)
    Yes Parking Strip  
Kerr Wildlife Management Unit
(Salamonie Reservoir Management, DNR)
2002 40 No Parking Lot  
Taylor (Herbert L.) Nature Preserve
Chester Township
(Tippecanoe Audubon Society)
1990   Yes Park End of Lane Eel River

Wells County      (Back to top)

Bluffton Wetlands & Greenway
Harrison Township
(DNR)
2001 115.084     By Oubache St. Park & Wabash River

Whitley County      (Back to top)

Crooked Lake Nature Preserve
Thorncreek Township
(DNR)
1996 145 Yes Parking Lots Crooked Lake
Deniston Nature Preserve
Etna-Troy Township
& Washington Twp.
(DNR Fish & Wildlife)
1994 60 Yes Parking Lot Robinson L. Deniston Resource Area;
hunting