Three of us — and my new dog, Laddie — stood at the top of Sawtooth in the midst of the proposed wilderness last Saturday (August 28th), an internationally flavored group if there ever was one. Daniele Puccinelli is an Italian who lives in Switzerland visiting the US. Fellow hiker Kaca is from the Czech [...]
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.
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Coming to a theater (or website) near you. Wildman Pictures presents!
August 26th, 2010
We are . . . ummmm . . . EXCITED! Check these short films out and you will see why. (But don’t try it with dial-up:-)
http://wildmanpictures.com/page/enpleinairtrailer.html
http://wildmanpictures.com/page/grassroutestrailer.html
These two trailers were produced by Wildman Pictures. The movies will done relatively soon.
From the looks of the trailers, we are in for a couple of fine flicks. Thanks to [...]
Attention uninitiated: plenty of hikes left this summer season.
August 9th, 2010
If you’ve never been into the Scotchmans, it’s a great time to go, and we’ve got hikes. Easy hikes. Hard hikes. Shady hikes. Sunny hikes. Three-day hikes. One-day hikes. Half-day hikes. All-day-and-maybe-part-of-the-night hikes. The FSPW Summer 2010 Hike Series schedule has nine hikes between August 15 and October 2, including a couple that were just [...]
Melissa Basin “Essay”
August 9th, 2010
In the writing world, the “essay” was defined by its inventor as an “attempt,” and this will be an attempt to reach Melissa Basin — and return — in one day. The hike begins at the Ross Creek Cedars and follows Trail #142 to 48-hour Creek. From there, bushwhacking is required. Return by the same [...]
Native Plant Hike
August 9th, 2010
Join plant specialist Peter Lesica of the Montana Native Plant Society for a flora walk in the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness in the Chicago Peak/Cliff Lake area. The group will meet at Highway 200 and Rock Creek Road for carpooling.
We need a volunteer sign up our 3000th Friend.
August 7th, 2010
We are closing in on an exciting milepost in FSPW: our 3000th Friend. We don’t know who it will be, but we are pretty sure we will meet them in August, and it will be either at the Huckleberry Festival or the Bonner County Fair. Will you be there to sign them up?
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3000th Friend is due in August. Will you sign them up?
August 7th, 2010
We are seeking our 3,000th Friend of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness, and we know we will meet them in August. We just don’t know – yet – who they are, or who will welcome them as a new Friend.
Two of our biggest opportunities to make new Friends and get our message to literally hundreds of people [...]
FSPW Visits Yaak Wilderness Festival
August 2nd, 2010
FSPW had a table at the July 31 Yaak Valley Forest Council seventh annual Wilderness Festival, held this year at Turner Mountain Ski Area northwest of Libby. Read the full story here.
July 31 Yaak Wilderness Festival was a winner.
August 2nd, 2010
Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness program coordinator Sandy Compton took the opportunity on July 31 to meet Lincoln County Friends, catch some rays and listen to some stellar music at the Yaak Valley Forest Council’s 7th annual Wilderness Festival.
“The things I have to do for the Friends,” Compton complained, tongue firmly planted in his cheek. [...]
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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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