Yeo Won Yarnell's essay was the best of the 2019 FSPW Scholarship Competition.
I was raised in a household that highly values doing outdoor activities like...
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For the children, present and future.
"When I go into the Scotchmans," Matt Nykiel says, "I love imagining the generations of people before me who saw and experienced the same incredibly rugged landscape that still exists in the...
Man Vs. Nature
By Kelly Butts-Spirito
Eugenio Montale once wrote, “The most dangerous aspect of present-day life is the dissolution of the feeling of individual...
Fourteen years of FSPW will be celebrated January 13!
Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness will celebrate 14 years of working for wilderness on January 13th at the Pend Oreille Arts Council Gallery on the Cedar Street Bridge. The party begins at...
A Winter Forest Choir
By Brian Baxter
After the snowfall, Old Man Winter rests. He is warm now, with his long white hair flowing down his shoulders. After conjuring...
An Intern’s Summer in the Scotchman Peaks
By Jacob Arrington
When I first applied for the Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness Backcountry Ranger position, I knew very little of what I was getting into. I knew that it would be hard,...
Surviving a Wild Wind by Annie Gassmann
By Annie Gassmann
We were nearing the end of a mother–daughter backpack trip into the Scapegoat Wilderness. I was in my late teens, eager to explore tall mountains, dark forests and pretend I...
Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness launches online wilderness art auction.
Bids for wilderness art will be accepted through November 8.
Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness’ 2018 online art auction went “live” on September 13, featuring the paintings...