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Work from the second annual Scotchman Peak Wilderness Extreme Plein Air Event will be on display at the Lewis-Clark State College Center for Arts & History, located at 415 Main St. in Lewiston, starting on Jan. 14.
An exhibition opening will be held at [...]
Saturday, November 13, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., a reception will be held at Foster’s Crossing, 504 Oak in Sandpoint, celebrating the art produced during the 2010 Scotchman Peaks Plein Air Paintout. The numerous paintings made during the September 24-26 event were recently moved from the Outskirts Gallery in Hope and are now hanging [...]
Coming up:
November 10, 6:00 p.m., we meet up with our Lincoln County Friends at the Venture Inn in Libby for snacks, beverages and a showing of Forever Wild, Robert Redford’s flick about wilderness advocacy in America today.
Contact Sarah Lundstrum at 755-6304 or slundstrum@wildmontana.org for more info.
November 13, 5:00 to 7 p.m. a Plein Air [...]
FSPW exec Phil Hough and program coordinator Sandy Compton traveled to Spokane on November 1 to give a presentation to Jon Isacoff’s environmental studies class about the Friends’ mission to achieve wilderness designation for the Scotchman Peaks. Given the nature of the audience, Hough focused as much on the nuts and bolts of Friends-style advocacy [...]
Sixty-six paintings submitted. Robert Bissett takes Best of Show
Hope, Idaho: Take 17 artists, give them two days and a big beautiful wilderness to paint in and around, and what do you get? Five and a half dozen new paintings. That’s the number that were hung at the Outskirts Gallery in Hope, Idaho, on Sunday, September [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Over the course of three days in July, two of the trails leading to Star Peak overlooking Bull River, the Clark Fork valley and Lake Pend Oreille got a makeover, applied by Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness volunteers and the Forest Service. But, the first day was separated from the other two by two weeks.
“It [...]
A total of seventeen Friends from Sandpoint, Spokane, Hayden, Noxon and even Utah showed up Saturday, June 19 to help put Scotchman Peak Trail #65 “back in order” for the hiking season. Last fall, a microburst storm uprooted dozens of trees along the trail, crisscrossing the tread with many blowdowns. FSPW volunteers Jim and Sandii [...]
Three young film makers from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, will get an up-close-and-personal view of the Scotchman Peaks and have opportunity to film in and around the proposed wilderness this summer. Jake Glass, Matt Stauble and Joe Foster will arrive in Montana on July 7, just in time to pack their film equipment and [...]
“Montana’s Troubador,” Jack Gladstone, will appear in concert at 7 pm, Friday, June 11, at Riverfront Park in Libby, Montana, courtesy the Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness.
Gladstone is a Native “PoetSinger” and lecturer from the Blackfeet Indian Nation of Montana. Regarded as a cultural bridge builder, he delivers programs nationally on American Indian mythology and [...]
Olivia Guthrie of Sandpoint, Brittani Wilder of Hope, Amber Kardokus of Heron, Ryan Humphrey of Trout Creek, Thomas Roeder of Troy and Paige Ward of Libby were awarded scholarships by Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness for their winning essays in the annual FSPW essay competition.
Each year, FSPW sponsors a writing competition with themes about [...]
At the recent Montana Wilderness Association convention Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness Board member and Cabinet Resource Group founder Bill Martin was honored for his volunteer work with a “Brass Lantern Award.”
Here’s how MWA describes the Brass Lantern Award: “Each year, the Montana Wilderness Association presents Brass Lantern awards to honor members, friends, and supporters [...]
Have you been enjoying the amazing Plein Air Art inspired by the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness area, but wanted to see some of it in the flesh (or, more accurately, canvas)?
You’re in luck! The Scotchman Wilderness Plein Air Art Show now has a new venue where you can come enjoy looking at a few [...]
The question “Does Wilderness Have Value?” was explored by students from four Sanders County schools, who submitted essays for a contest sponsored by the Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness.
Project coordinator Ernie Scherzer had high praise for the essays, saying he could think of few examples of student writing that could equal some of the [...]
As you may know from last week’s announcement of President Barak Obama’s Proclamation commemorating of the 45th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act, September is National Wilderness Month.
Below are statements of support for the Proclamation from the Secretaries of Interior (Ken Salazar) and Agriculture (Tom Vilsack).
The Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness hopes you’ll join us [...]
On September 3rd, 2009 the President of the United States, Barak Obama, signed a proclamation declaring that September be designated National Wilderness Month.
What better way to celebrate than by becoming a Friend of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness? Help us continue our effort to protect the Scotchman Peaks area so it can remain accessible to all [...]
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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