Keeping a canoe moving smoothly on a calm morning requires nothing more than the person in front pulling in unison with the person in the back; unless the person in…
Save the wild Scotchmans
Save the wild Scotchmans
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.
Keeping a canoe moving smoothly on a calm morning requires nothing more than the person in front pulling in unison with the person in the back; unless the person in…
On a chilly fall day, after a wonderful Storytime hosted by the Troy library, a group of parents invited my one-and-a-half-year-old daughter and me on a trip to Ross Creek…
With all the polarization and strife in the world, it's always interesting to me how different paths can lead us to the same destination. Although I now live in the…
In September of 1960, my husband and I, with our two baby boys, moved to a ranch on Lightning Creek Road. My husband got us settled and returned to California…
I grew up in Los Angeles, surrounded by asphalt, noise and a few people. My Mom will tell you that when I was a kid, I would beg and plead…
When I was in college, I wanted a job working in the wilderness. I, however, had a problem. While I had been on many group backpacking trips in well-traveled wilderness…
By Elloria Lambert, Clark Fork High School Class of 2019 My most memorable outdoor experience took place my sophomore year of high school with my school’s outdoor experiential learning program.…
Friends of Scotchman Peaks bringing SYRCL Wild & Scenic Film Festival to Sandpoint. FSPW celebrates 15th anniversary at the Heartwood Center on February 1. Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness celebrate…