Joint Noble-LaGrange County Drainage Board v. Acres, Inc.

OPINION

BAKER, Judge.

Appellant-respondent The Joint Noble-LaGrange County Drainage Board (Joint Board) appeals from the trial court's order vacating the Joint Board's Final Order establishing certain portions of the Elk-hart River and its tributary branches as a regulated drain. Specifically, the Joint Board raises the following arguments: (1) the trial court erred in finding that the Joint Board failed to comply with the *136Indiana Nature Preserves Act1 because the act of establishing a drain is not a "taking" of nature preserves that triggers required statutory procedures; (2) the trial court…