The Charles C. Deam Wilderness is close to 13,000 acres just south of Lake Monroe where people can wander outdoors in relative solitude whether they’re boating, hiking or riding a horse - and ...

The Benjamin Harrison National Recreation Area and Wilderness Establishment of 2023 would add 15,300 acres of land to the 12,472 acres already in the Charles C. Deam Wilderness and establish ...

BEDFORD, Ind. – Severe storms have impacted the Charles C. Deam Wilderness area, resulting in the full public closure of the peninsula area, according to the U.S. Forest Service, an agency of ...

The bill would expand the Charles C. Deam Wilderness in Monroe and Brown counties to about 28,000 acres, and designate another roughly 30,000 acres of adjacent land for a proposed National ...

Location: Indiana Size: 12,463 acres Year Designated: 1982 Fast Fact: The Charles C. Deam Wilderness Area contains streams laden with geodes—spherical rocks whose cavities contain beautiful ...

Many of the same invasive plants that find their way into yards and gardens are also in the Charles C. Deam Wilderness and efforts are underway to document where they are. For the past two years ...

Braun proposed legislation to the U.S. Senate that would double the boundary of the Charles C. Deam wilderness and add 30,000 recreation acres within the Hoosier National Forest, a move forest ...

The Hickory Ridge Lookout Tower soared into the sky as I reached the Sycamore Trail parking lot. The tower, built by the Civilian Conservation Corps back in the ’30s, would wait, though—my reward for ...

A great thing has happened for Hoosier forests. Indiana Congresswoman Erin Houchin has introduced H.R. 8535, legislation which will more than double the size of the Charles C. Deam Wilderness area ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - The Charles C. Deam Wilderness is close to 13,000 acres just south of Lake Monroe where people can wander outdoors in relative solitude whether they're boating, hiking or ...