Charles C. Deam Wilderness

Deam Wilderness trails beset by invasive plants

Fourteen invasive plant species have been found on Deam Wilderness trails, and some species will be hard to control without herbicides.

Two Hoosier National Forest trails close after June storm

Fallen trees and debris on the Peninsula Trail in the Charles C. Deam Wilderness and the Pate Hollow Trail forced closure.

U.S. Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) wants to more the double the size of the Charles C. Deam Wilderness and include it as part of a national recreation area.

U.S. Sen. Mike Braun wants to double the size of Deam Wilderness, create national recreation area

Rebecca Thiele

U.S. Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) introduced a bill to more than double the size of Indiana’s only wilderness area and designate it — along with the land around it — a national recreation area.

Lost hikers found in Hoosier Forest’s Deam Wilderness

Associated Press

Monroe County dispatchers received a 911 call around 6 p.m. Thursday from Jason Craig, 44, of Valparaiso, requesting help because he and his wife were hiking in the southern Indiana wilderness and became lost.

Charred results of the fire at Charles Deam Wilderness.

Officials investigating wildland fire at Charles Deam Wilderness

Mitch Legan

Preliminary estimates put the fire’s impact at about 10 acres, near part of the Grubb Ridge Trail, between the Peninsula and Axsom Branch trails.