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 [...]
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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Treasured Landscape Plant Surveys
May 23rd, 2013Registration 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
May 16th, 2013A 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
May 16th, 2013A 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
May 16th, 2013Sanders 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
May 16th, 2013Hiking 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.
Upcoming Guided Hikes
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Scotchmans on Film
Check out the trailers for two soon-to-be-released documentary films by Wildman Pictures about the Scotchman Peaks!
En Plein Air captures the experiences of artists during a 5 day trek through the mountains. Grass Routes tells the story of the Friends of Scotchman Peaks' efforts to achieve official wilderness designation for this scenic wild area. Don't miss them!
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Wilderness Organizations:
- Wilderness first-aid preparedness
- Wilderness.net
- The Wilderness Society
- Idaho Conservation League
- Montana Wilderness Association
- Campaign for America's Wilderness
- Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation
- Selway-Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation
- National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance
- Yaak Valley Forest Council
Our Thanks To:
- Mountain Meadows
- Merriweather Inn
- Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce
- Eichardts
- Outdoor Experience
- Pend d'Oreille Winery
- Common Knowledge Organic Cafe & Bookstore
- Keokee Publishing
- River Journal
- Only In Clark Fork
- The StoryTelling Company
- The Cinnabar Foundation
- St. Croix Printing
- Blue Creek Press
- Woodland RV Park
- Kally Thurman's Outskirts Galley
- Greasy Fingers Bikes n Repair
- Endow-Bio, Inc