2009 December | Scotchman Peaks Wilderness

The Future Looks Bright

December 15th, 2009

Our Support Continues: Heartfelt thanks to every one of us who sent a donation towards the matching grant! We reached the $4,000 goal and have received the match from the Cinnabar Foundation, giving us $8,000 to put to work on our campaign!
New-Land Foundation and Campaign for America’s Wilderness have also continued to support this [...]

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Year End Thank You

December 15th, 2009

With December in full throttle and the end of the year fast approaching we would like to take a moment and thank all of our friends for the support you have shown us this year. Our “Spokes-goat”, Mr Scotchman, is delighted to announce that, with your help, we have grown to over 2,700 friends on [...]

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Sandpoint Chamber Choice Awards

December 11th, 2009

The Greater Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce has announced the nominees for the second annual “Chamber Choice Awards”. The Chamber describes these awards as honoring the best of business and community, representing over 600 business and individual members of the Chamber.
The Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness is proud to share with you the news that we [...]

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Scotchman Peaks Trail #65 Re-opened

December 10th, 2009

Yay! The Sandpoint Ranger District has indicated that the Scotchman Peaks trail #65 is now open for hiking/snowshoeing.

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Wilderness Wednesday Mr Scotchman Scratches Out Haiku

December 9th, 2009

Who knew that Mr Scotchman was into Haiku? Our twitter followers did!
OK, let me explain. Mr. Scotchman is the official “face” on Facebook and the “voice” on Twitter for the Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness. You might call him our “spokes goat”.
He’s a pretty fascinating fellow. As an indigenous mountain goat, Oreamnos americanus, Mr Scotchman [...]

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Heart Warming

December 8th, 2009

A heart warming thought for a cold winter day.
When the Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness formed as a group almost 5 years ago we decided at the start that we wanted to be different from many organizations. We choose, very deliberately, to not require donations to be a member. Heck, we didn’t even want the [...]

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Scotchman Peaks on YOU Tube

December 4th, 2009

One of the features that our redesigned website offers is an easy link to the Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness new “You Tube Channel”. From ANY of the web pages on our site you can simply click on the small box in the upper right hand part of the page that says “you tube” and [...]

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Wilderness Wednesday Favorite Quotes

December 2nd, 2009

This week we will celebrate Wilderness Wednesday with our favorite quotes! One of the most notable wilderness quotes of all time is a classic from Henry David Thoreau: “In wildness is the preservation of the world.” We couldn’t agree more! We keep this one, as well as other favorite quotes, close at hand, on a [...]

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