Spanning the Idaho/Montana border, the Scotchmans are one of the last, and largest, wild areas in our region. We conduct education, outreach and stewardship activities to preserve the rugged, scenic and biologically diverse 88,000 acre Scotchman Peaks Roadless Area. We believe the Scotchman Peaks deserve congressional designation as Wilderness for the benefit and enjoyment of current and future generations.

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Greetings from your new Programs and Projects Assistant

Greetings, friends! My name is Kristen Nowicki, and I am the newest addition to the Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness staff.  I will be working for FSPW as the Programs and Projects Assistant.  I am relatively new to Sandpoint, but have been in the greater Northwest for almost ten years now, and feel there are [...]

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Treasured Landscape Plant Surveys

Registration for our 2013 Treasured Landscape Plant Surveys is now open!!!  This year, The Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness are partnering with the National Forest Foundation (NFF) and the United States Forest Service (USFS) to conduct restoration in the newly designated Treasured Landscape Lightening Creek drainage complex.  This project is in its Step One phase, [...]

Noxious Weeds Training

A two day training class in noxious weed identification and survey techniques for our restoration stewardship project in the Lightning Creek “Treasured Landscape.”

Botany Training Session

A three day training class in botanical survey techniques – field identification of native plants for our botanical study project in the Lightning Creek “Treasured Landscape.”

Sanders County Picnic and Campground Cleanup

Sanders County Picnic and campground cleanup day. Campground cleanup begins at 9am mst.  Potluck picnic at 3:00pm mst at Bull River Campground. Contact trails@scotchmanpeaks.org for information on cleanup.

Hiking With Dogs

Hiking With Dogs with Ruffwear spokesman Whitney “Allgood” La Ruffa and his hiking companion Karluk the dog will visit Libby, beginning at 4 pm MST at the Fireman Memorial Park, upper pavilion, on Mahoney Rd off Hwy 2.