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…
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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.
Voices in the Wilderness: Jessie Grossman
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…
Changing your outlook changes everything.
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.…
Celebrate 15 FSPW years with the Wild and Scenic Film Festival on Feb. 1
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…
Family fun in wilderness
Above: Aaron Johnson in one of the less miserable moments of the 2016 Extreme Plein Air Expedition (Photo by Joe Foster, dappstudios.com) By Aaron Johnson The company loves misery —…
The Shortest Hunt
"As long as we had water nearby and a semi-flat site to pitch a small shelter we would be fine. " By Jared Lampton Despite being a lifelong hunter and…
3 a.m. and wide awake in the wilderness
By Ed Robinson It's 3:00 am and I am suddenly awake. So . . . the question is: a.) Did something wake me?; or b.) Did the memory of the…
Flip-flops and Mountain Goats
Yeo Won Yarnell's essay was the best of the 2019 FSPW Scholarship Competition. I was raised in a household that highly values doing outdoor activities like hiking, biking and skiing. …
