The Thanksgiving Day weekend is over, family and guests have gone home and we are all tired of turkey and turkey leftovers! Black Friday was a push and shove fest for those who battled the lines...
Author: Phil Hough
Phil Hough is the Executive Director of the Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness.
He has hiked the "triple crown": the Appalachian Trail, Continental Divide Trail and the Pacific Crest trail (twice). He has also paddled the length of the Yukon river. Phil's love of wilderness guides him as he works to save the incrediblly wild Scotchman Peaks, one of the last and largest roadless places in northern Idaho and western Montana.
Scotchmans Plein Air Art Sale
Just because you missed out on our Plein Air exhibit in September, you don't have to miss out on the opportunity to view and purchase some sensational Scotchmans Plein Air Art! You can sit back...
Wilderness Wednesday – Give Thanks for the Wild
We are staring a new feature - Wilderness Wednesday - it's available only to Friends of Scotchman Peaks who follow us on our Blog, Facebook fan page or Twitter. We kicked things off with a...
What Happens In Montana
Recently we talked about an emerging process in North Idaho which may result in legislation which would include Wilderness on the Idaho Panhandle and would likely include the Idaho portion of the...
A New Day is Dawning for North Idaho
The recently passed legislation designating the Owyhees as Wilderness and the Jobs and Forest Act, currently introduced by Senator Jon Tester which would designate over 600,000 acres of wilderness...
The Public is the Process
Congressional Members are elected representatives. Like all politicians they want, in fact they need, to act in ways in which they believe their constituents want them to act. Unless they are...
Wilderness Around the Region
If the Scotchman Peaks proposal is impacted by what's happening national for wilderness then certainly the most significant of those events are the events which are taking place in our...
Wilderness Around the Country
Designating Wilderness requires congressional legislation. But congress doesn't act in a vacuum. Politics, it has been said, is the "art of the possible." What is possible depends on...