Earth Day 2012: An expression of enduring hope Earth Day is both a celebration of hope and a chance to get dirt under the fingernails protecting our planet. But how,…
Author: Phil Hough
Phil Hough is the Executive Director of the Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness.
He has hiked the "triple crown": the Appalachian Trail, Continental Divide Trail and the Pacific Crest trail (twice). He has also paddled the length of the Yukon river. Phil's love of wilderness guides him as he works to save the incrediblly wild Scotchman Peaks, one of the last and largest roadless places in northern Idaho and western Montana.
The Savage Soul of the Scotchmans
Savage Mountain and its Basins - the Heart and Soul of the Scotchmans Savage Mountain. The name alone evokes images of nature’s wild and rugged side, of real Wilderness! This…
Forest Planning – A Pivotal Moment
The Wilderness Act passed in 1964 and established the original units of National Wilderness Preservation System. More importantly it outlined a process whereby other areas could be added. Congress reserved…
Tracking Class Update
Tracking Class Recap If you missed last weekend's tracking class you missed a fun and fact filled experience! You may recall that we had very little snow until the last…
Forest Plan
The Draft EIS and Draft Management Plans for the Kootenai and Idaho Panhandle National Forests have recently been released. These documents and additional supporting materials including maps and instructions on…
Endow-Bio
2012 Is Our Year! Endow Bio has selected the Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness as one of the five organizations that it will support in 2012! A relatively new organization,…
Let the Season Begin!
Let the Season Begin! Earlier this week, Deb, myself and John Harbuck ventured out to set up the season's first Wolverine Monitoring Stations. Let's call it a "Soft Opening" to…
Help Wilderness in Montana
Breaking out of the cycle of combative politics and cynicism that has left Montana with no new wilderness designations for almost 3 decades is important to all wilderness campaigns, including…
