Here's our late winter and spring party list! We've only got 1 party left this spring, scroll down to find out more! Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness’s board chairman Doug…
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Roughly 60 miles south of Canada, the 88,000 acre Scotchman Peaks roadless area spans the Idaho-Montana border. Since the 1970s, when the U.S. Forest Service carried out extensive evaluations of lands suitable for wilderness, this rugged, scenic and biologically diverse portion of the Cabinet Mountains has been managed for its wilderness potential. The Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness believe now is the time to preserve the Scotchmans, one of the last, and largest, wild areas in our region.
OUr 2017 Annual Report is ready to read.
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Outdoor enthusiast Nancy Schmidt will coordinate the 2018 Winter Tracks program.
Longtime "Friend" Nancy Schmidt joined the Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness (FSPW) staff on November 29 as Winter Program Coordinator. She will lead the FSPW 2018 Winter Tracks outdoor education…
Consumed in the Yaak
By Riley Egan I am a consumer. I take elk, deer, trout, firewood, mushrooms, grouse, berries, experiences, memories, insight, and perspective. I take all of these things selfishly, albeit reverently,…
Bonner County Commisioner Cary Kelly: Scotchman Peaks Deserves our Support
As winter is starting to fade, we are looking forward to signs of spring in Bonner County. Streams are beginning to trickle and flower buds are slowly opening. With spring…
Scotchman Peak Trail reopens!
The US Forest Service announced the reopening of the Scotchman Peak Trail. See the entire body of the USFS press release below. Sandpoint, Idaho (February 12, 2016) –The Scotchman Peak…
Baptism in the Wilderness: An Adventure to the OTHER Crater Lake
by Jason Martin Schnackenberg Dedicated to the memory of Zach Haines I have had many experiences in the outdoors that have left tremendous impacts on my life and have continually…
Sandy Compton’s column in the Sandpoint Reader is about . . . goats! Ya think.
Program Coordinator Sandy Compton is also a closet columnist and journalist for The River Journal, Sandpoint Reader and Sandpoint Magazine, among other publications. In the October 1 issue of The…
