And come more snow, more sleet, ice, 40mph winds, negative air temps, more snow, and lots and LOTS of rain. Come a landscape fraught with avalanche hazards (once again). Crews…
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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.
Anthony South won our 2013 photo contest, and then, he wrote this.
Anthony South, of Troy, is not only a great photographer, he's a good writer. This essay appeared in the February 25th issue of the Western News as part of our…
Summers in Yosemite helped to forge Gene Reckin’s ideology
Gene Reckin, Libby High science teacher, spent summers in the Yosemite wilderness as a boy, and it changed his life. Read his essay for "Voices In The Wilderness," a series…
It’s Wolverine Wednesday: Look who we found!
FSPW's Rare Carnivore Study had a great find last week! At one of our Corridor Camera Stations, a new carnivore has been captured on camera! Team Gulo Gulo, in their…
It’s Wolverine Wednesday! Super Sleds and Awesome Tacos…
Action is rekindling for FSPW Volunteers involved in our Wolverine Watch this season. Two remaining plots were established this week, one plot was checked on and relocated, and another plot…
It’s Wolverine Wednesday! Here, kitty kitty…
All is quiet on the Wolverine front. Stations are set, and if I am silent enough, late at night, I believe I can hear the whizzing and clicking of the…
It’s Wolverine Wednesday! Hello, Powder
6-12 inches of fresh snowfall throughout the region last week sparked renewed optimism among our volunteers that plot set-up would be possible for our remaining two bait plots and…
It’s Wolverine Wednesday: Last Call for Stations!
We are approaching our Camera Bait Station installation deadline, and it looks like we are going to make it! Our last two bait stations will be going out this weekend. …
