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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 at the big box stores in Coeur D’Alene for deep discounts.  For others Friday was a wonderland of white [...]

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 Facebook Photo contest last week.  Our Facebook fan page followers responded with a lot of great photos!  You can visit [...]

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 in Montana, both came about as a result of community discussions and collaboration among stakeholders. While not the only pathway forward, collaboration has been one way [...]

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 out of touch and want to have only one term, their views and their votes will reflect the will of the people.
In the process [...]

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 what has already happened before; and it depends on what else is going on now. There is a constant give and take in the dance that [...]

Clouds outside my window these last several days suggest snow has been  falling softly on the Scotchmans.  The reality is probably that the wind is whipping the snow into a blinding white-out fury on the peaks! Meanwhile the valley bottoms are likely receiving rain.  But you get the idea – winter is on the way.  [...]

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then our stunning slide show has tales enough for two volumes of Scotchman Stories!
In the last 4 plus years we’ve amassed a photo catalogue of about 14,000 images from various places of the Scotchmans, during different seasons featuring scenery, wild flowers, critters and lots of people.  With [...]