Phil Hough is the Executive Director of the Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness.
An avid long distance hiker, Phil's experience on the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail and Continental Divide Trails brought a passion for wild places and motivated him to work towards protecting the one of the last and largest wild places in northern Idaho and Western Montana, the Scotchman Peaks.
Give Thanks to the Wild – Especially the Volunteers! Thanksgiving is a time to show gratitude. Each year I give thanks for our wild places. Like so many other people, hiking, backpacking, canoeing, kayaking, skiing [» Read More...]
The Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness, and others, have been involved for many years in the effort to protect the Scotchman Peaks as Wilderness to ensure it will always stay the same. Naturally, we are [» Read More...]
The Spring 2017 edition of our newsletter, Peak Experience, has been published! This volume features updates on our staff and board, a Winter Tracks recap, summer hike and events schedule, and much more. Click [» Read More...]
Support for Wilderness designation in the Scotchman Peaks is growing everyday. As a resident of Bonner County, you can do your part by signing this petition stating that you support Wilderness designation for the Scotchman [» Read More...]
Senator Jim Risch today, December 8, introduced the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness Act (S.3531). This legislation would designate the portion of the Scotchman Peaks in Bonner County, Idaho, as a Wilderness and would establish the first [» Read More...]
At the recent Montana Wilderness Association (MWA) annual gathering, Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness program director, Sandy Compton, was honored for his work to preserve Wilderness, both on the job and as a volunteer with [» Read More...]
Author Henry James once dubbed Washington DC “the city of conversation.” Of course, he came from a generally more polite and refined time. If he visited DC today, we can only imagine what Henry James [» Read More...]
Doug Ferrell, FSPW Board Chair, reports on progress being made by the Kootenai Forest Stakeholders: In December, after many years of work, the Kootenai Forest Stakeholders Coalition (including representatives from the timber industry, wilderness and [» Read More...]
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