In 1986, Esther Detering left her 54-acre lakeshore property near Kendallville, Indiana, to a land trust, turning the farm into a nature preserve

From family farm to nature preserve: A lakeshore gift that still stands. (AI-generated/ChatGPT)

In 1986, Esther Detering left her family’s 54-acre lakeshore property near Kendallville, Indiana, to a land trust. The old farm became a nature preserve. According to the Winter 2021 issue of the ACRES Land Trust quarterly magazine, the Detering Nature Preserve is on the south shore of Round Lake. It lies in the middle of … Read more