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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.

Man Vs. Nature

January 15, 2019 NoAuthorLeave a comment

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!

December 19, 2018 NoAuthorLeave a comment

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

December 17, 2018 NoAuthorLeave a comment

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

November 11, 2018 NoAuthor1 Comment

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

September 17, 2018 NoAuthorLeave a comment

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...