ACRES Land Trust plants pace-setting 55,000 trees, reforesting 106…

HUNTERTOWN, Ind., May 15, 2019 – This spring, ACRES Land Trust reforested 106 acres of marginal farmland, planting 55,000 native hardwood saplings on three of its regional nature preserves, setting a new pace in the nonprofit’s land management. Since 2016, the nonprofit has reforested 165 acres, planting nearly 100,000 trees on six preserves during a period of phenomenal growth in the organization’s work restoring and managing land.

“This is the most we’ve planted in a single year with our largest single-site planting, too,” says Casey Jones, director of land management for the organization’s permanently protected 7,094 acres. “As ACRES continues to acquire new land, our restoration work has rapidly become more efficient to meet our growing demand.”