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.

Gonazaga University Class Project Finalists

The Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness would like to thank Jon Isacoff, professor of Environmental Thought and Politics at Gonzaga University, and his students for their recent class project, which was to flex their creativity muscle by writing a paper concerning the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness Area.

The top four finalist papers are: (Note: These are PDFs that will open in a new browser window)

Kaite Mulcaire-Jones – "The Value of Wilderness"

Max Helling – "Wilderness and Identity"

Rozalyn Sippel – "Why Wilderness Matters"

Liz Goossen – (no title)