"When I go into the Scotchmans," Matt Nykiel says, "I love imagining the generations of people before me who saw and experienced the same incredibly rugged landscape that still exists…
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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
By Kelly Butts-Spirito Eugenio Montale once wrote, “The most dangerous aspect of present-day life is the dissolution of the feeling of individual responsibility. Mass solitude has done away with any…
Fourteen years of FSPW will be celebrated January 13!
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…
A Winter Forest Choir
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 up infinite patterns of snow…
An Intern’s Summer in the Scotchman Peaks
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…
Surviving a Wild Wind by Annie Gassmann
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…
Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness launches online wilderness art auction.
Bids for wilderness art will be accepted through November 8. Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness’ 2018 online art auction went “live” on September 13, featuring the paintings and photography of…
Friends of Scotchman Peaks Allstar Trail Crew still working in the Scotchmans
One more month of trail work for 2018 in the proposed Wilderness. This year’s trail season is nearing an end, but there are still two chances to join the Friends…
