Climbing mountains, step1: Go up! And on into the skyline went these kids, the heat of August and a hint of creek-side looming; these kids went up! Sometimes making sharp turns,…
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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.
Cinnabar Challenge Grant 2014 Update
Thanks to your support, we've raised $ towards our goal of $! Once again, the Cinnabar Foundation has put a challenge grant out there for us to match. If we…
Winds in the Wilderness
At 4300ft elevation wild sarsaparilla faded out, while the terrain held strong. Scratchy, porous, ruby brushed rocks appeared housing beargrass communities of subalpine fir and huckleberry, with the noble shrubby-penstemon…
Bad Medicine is good medicine
This piece was published in our Voices in the Wilderness Series in The Western News in July of 2014 By Tony Brown The Lincoln/Sanders County Line has a little-known, unique…
Winds in the Wilderness: Young and Old Growth
When the temperatures breach 100 degrees Fahrenheit, it is time to head for the hills, and the cool refuge of the Ross Creek Cedars in the proposed Scotchman Peaks Wilderness…
Winds in the Wilderness: This Land IS Your Land!
Happy Independence Day, Friends! I hope you all had some chances over the sunny holiday weekend to enjoy this beautiful country, be it from the summit of the mountain, the…
Best 2014 essay for Thompson Falls was written by Daniel Kanak
“A most memorable wilderness experience.” A few years ago I did not have much passion for the outdoors. I lived in California and preferred the comfort of my house…
The best 2014 essay for Sandpoint High was written by Nathan Schwartz
I once read a quote by John Muir that said, "The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness." Being of the engineering and science realm, this quote…
