Cerulean Ridge is a beautiful ~77 acre deciduous hardwood forest in the Norman Upland of eastern Monroe County, Indiana. Its east and south sides are adjacent to an approximately 8,000 acre block of Morgan-Monroe and Yellowwood State Forests. 

The forest is named for setophaga cerulea (cerulean warbler), a state-endangered migratory songbird that breeds in the area, and the high, steep ridges that soar above the creek bottoms. Cerulean Ridge came into its current ownership in early Spring 2024. 

Cerulean Ridge was acquired with the intent to carry out a multi-decade restoration of native plants on the property. At Cerulean Ridge, active restoration efforts are necessary following two-diameter based timber harvests conducted under prior ownership in the past decade (circa 2016 and 2023). The logging has removed a significant portion of certain cornerstone forest species including quercus (oaks) and have introduced and created optimal conditions for invasive, non-native species to spread.