On Saturday last, I took a walk into “our” wilderness, clambered into the upper reaches of the East Fork of Blue Creek, looking to sew together some unconnected dots. I found what I was looking for — I think — but I also ran out of time, making another foray on another day absolutely necessary. [...]
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: September 2010
Plenty of ways to celebrate National Public Lands Day with FSPW
September 22nd, 2010
“This land is your land . . . “
As September draws to a (currently) beautiful end, FSWP takes note of National Public Lands Day. Saturday, September 25 is a nation-wide celebration of our heritage of publicly-held lands. Last year, 150,ooo folks got outside and picked up trash, worked on trails and watersheds, planted trees and [...]
Cinnabar matching grant total at $2599. Room for $1401 more.
September 17th, 2010
As of September 17, contributions toward a matching grant offered by Cinnabar Foundation (www.thecinnabarfoundation.org) stands at almost $2600. Donors to our group can double their money by contributing now and taking advantage of this match from Cinnabar.
Cinnabar, a home-grown Montana 501c3 non-profit, has been part of the conservation movement in the Northwest since 1983, when [...]
Mountains of art: The Third Annual Scotchman Peaks Paint Out
September 13th, 2010
Painters, get out your brushes. Art lovers, mark your calendars. It’s time for the Third Annual Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness Plein Air Paint Out, to be held in and around the proposed wilderness September 24-26. To find out all about it, click here.
Friends of Scotchman Peaks third Annual Plein Air Paint-Out scheduled for September 24-26.
September 13th, 2010
For the third September in a row, painters from around the Northwest will converge on North Idaho and Western Montana for a unique opportunity to capture on canvas the proposed Scotchman Peaks Wilderness . . . from inside and out. “Plein air” is a French term meaning, “open air,” and plein air paintings are produced [...]
Passages: Walkin’ Jim Stoltz has left the planet.
September 8th, 2010
Passages. He made so many. 27,000 miles and still counting, the last time I talked to him at Wild Idaho in Redfish Lake this past May. He came and sang his songs, howled his howls and treated us to his marvelous travelogue show, a uber-wilderness lover among a bunch of wilderness lovers, who among all [...]
Our 3,000th Friend
September 8th, 2010
As suspected, the Huckleberry Festival in Trout Creek garnered our 3,000th Friend: Rick Dieterich of Thompson Falls, who was brought on board by FSPW volunteer Ernie Scherzer and his able crew in mid-August. Read more here.
Milestone reached: 3,000 Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness.
September 8th, 2010
Rick Dieterich, 3,000th Friend of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness, has yet to set foot in the proposed wilderness, but he will sometime soon. The retired Thompson Falls teacher says, “There are so many places I haven’t seen,” Rick says, “but the Scotchmans are on my list now.”
Rick signed up to be a Friend at the [...]
Johnny Donovan Memorial Swim benefits FSPW
September 3rd, 2010
Each year since 1999, the Donovan family and friends from all around the country have gathered on the shores of Pend Oreille Lake — and jumped in. Then, escorted — and sometimes assisted — by others in kayaks and boats, they swim to Warren Island, a mile south of the entry point at the “wall [...]
Montana Headwall Magazine “reviews” the Scotchman Peaks.
September 2nd, 2010
Noël Phillips writes in Montana Headwall Magazine, “The Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness, a nonprofit group with almost 3,000 members, fervently advocates for a permanent wilderness designation to protect the area.” That’s a bit of a side-bar to the real theme of the piece, hiking with a new significant other.
Since she published “Thrill Peakers,” of [...]
We could not have said it better ourselves.
September 1st, 2010
Our President has declared September as National Wilderness Month. Please take the time to read his great proclamation: http://www.leaveitwild.org/news/2882
Thank you, Mr. Obama.
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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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