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The Hoosier National Forest is a property managed by the United States Forest Service in the hills of southern Indiana. Composed of four separate sections, it has a total area of 204,303 acres (827 km 2; 319 sq mi). [1] Hoosier National Forest's headquarters are located in Bedford, with a regional office in Tell City.
Mountain Tea State Forest - 1,153 acres (18 km 2); Perry County; Owen–Putnam State Forest - 6,589 acres (47 km 2) Pike State Forest - 4,031.5 acres (9 km 2) Ravinia State Forest - 1,500 acres (38 km 2) Salamonie State Forest – 955.8 acres (11 km 2); Meigs County; Selmier State Forest – 350.4 acres (241 km 2); Scioto and Adams Counties
Claude Ferguson, former Supervisor of the Hoosier National Forest, was instrumental in establishing the Charles C. Deam Wilderness Area. Following his death in 2006, his Deam Wilderness papers and maps were donated to the Indiana Forest Alliance and are now housed at the Indiana University Lilly Library. A Celebration of the Deam was held at IU ...
Guest columnists argue Braun's proposal to expand Indiana's wilderness will be damaging to Indiana's native wildlife.
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Browning Hill, known locally as Browning Mountain, [1] is, at 928 feet (283 m) tall, [1] the 53rd highest peak in Indiana. [citation needed] Located in Brown County, near the town of Story, the hill is partly in Hoosier National Forest, and is designated a special management area by the United States Forest Service due to the "relatively undisturbed" old-growth forest that covers it.
Founded in 1996, the Indiana Forest Alliance formed as a coalition of seven groups to coordinate efforts in protecting the Hoosier National Forest and various state forests. [3] The IFA had their main office in Bloomington, IN until the summer of 2016, when they moved their office to Indianapolis, IN. [4]