by Steven Higgs | Feb 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
I can’t say the nascent shuffles toward the first installment of our Limestone Post series Revisiting the Deam Wilderness unfolded as planned. I had decided that Panther Creek Hollow is the first objective for this nostalgic wilderness adventure and that...
by Steven Higgs | Feb 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
The first steps in a photojournalist’s yearlong return to the wilds Editor’s Note: Revisiting the Deam is a monthly collaboration with the Limestone Post, where this piece originally ran on Feb. 24. I chose Panther Creek Hollow for the initial steps into this...
by Steven Higgs | Feb 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
Jeff Stant and I took the first steps on our new book project on the Charles C. Deam Wilderness by bushwhacking across a foot-deep snow accumulation between the Blackwell Horse Camp and the Mt. Carmel Fault, a geological formation that runs some 50 miles through four...
by Steven Higgs | Feb 7, 2026 | Uncategorized
I can’t say the nascent shuffles toward the first installment of our Limestone Post series Revisiting the Deam Wilderness unfolded as planned. I had decided that Panther Creek Hollow is the first objective for this nostalgic wilderness adventure and that Grandson Vale...
by Steven Higgs | Feb 7, 2026 | Uncategorized
Editor’s note: This piece was published in CounterPunch on February 3, 2026. Forest preservationists in the nation’s Heartland are again pushing Congress to nearly triple the size of a Southern Indiana wildland complex in the Hoosier National Forest, guardedly...