At the tender age of 8, McKenzie Smith* has undergone more disruptive home environments than most of us experience during our journey from ‘childhood’ to ‘adulthood.’ Her family’s struggles have…
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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.
Pioneer Students Hungry for Data… and Hot Dogs!
The Winter Tracks 2015 season finale began on a sunny beach around 10am, March 6th. Pioneer School 4th and 5th graders passed 3 pairs of binoculars between the 12 of them,…
Pioneer School: A Day in the Woods
At 9 AM Wendesday morning, a thin sheet of ice built itself upon well-worn trails in the upland transitions at Round Lake State Park. It preyed upon moist congregates of…
Wilderness Friends Sip-n-Shop at Pend d’Orielle Winery
Sip and Shop with Scotchman Peaks! So close to Valentine's Day, and love is in the air! Tuesday, February 10th, 10% of wine, dinner and giftshop purchases benefit education, stewardship…
Friends of Scotchman Peaks have much to celebrate as new year begins
2014 was a banner year, 2015 marks a decade of working for Wilderness. As 2015 begins, Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness have multiple reasons to celebrate. Recent passage of the…
Winter Tracks with Sandpoint High School and FSPW
Sandpoint High Schools' Forestry/Wildlife and Ecology course students embarked on a unique assignment Thursday thanks to their terrific instructor, John Hastings, and the great volunteers at FSPW who worked to…
Why I Like Wilderness
By Pete Mickelson I grew up in two places: first on a farm on the edge of the Allegheny National Forest in northwest Penn’s Woods and then on the edge…
Hunting in Wilderness isn’t easy, but it’s worth it!
By Don Clark I came to Libby, Montana from South Dakota in 1967. I was unfamiliar with the concept of Wilderness. My wife drew a mountain goat permit in 1969…
