It’s been in the works for a while, but Regal Creek Trail #556 in the Lightning Creek drainage north of Clark Fork, Idaho, is “back in the system.” Read all…
Author: Sandy Compton
Sandy Compton has been program coordinator for Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness since 2009. He is also a storyteller and author of both fiction and non-fiction books, and the publisher at bluecreekpress.com.
In addition to his other duties, he runs the FSPW All Star Trail Team (www.scotchmanpeaks.org/trails), which works on Forest Service trails in the Scotchman Peaks. He is a trail surveyor as well, and a C-Certified Crosscut Bucker/Feller and USFS National Saw Policy OHLEC instructor.
Sandy grew up on a small farm/woodlot at the south end of the proposed wilderness and lives there still. He is also board member of the National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance and a planning team member for the Northern Rockies Wilderness Skills Institute.
Regal Creek Trail #556 reclaimed
It’s been in the works for a while, but Regal Creek Trail #556 in the Lightning Creek drainage north of Clark Fork, Idaho, is “back in the system.” A trail…
Shear Silent Auction
Welcome to the 2011 Summer Silent Auction for Scotchman Peaks! In good local summer fashion, this auction of the painting Bull River (hung at Coldwater Creek Wine Bar on First…
Bissett Silent Auction
Welcome to the 2011 Summer Silent Auction for Scotchman Peaks! In good local summer fashion, the auction of the painting Sam Owen (hung at Trinity at City Beach in Sandpoint)…
Endorsements from Sandpoint Chamber and Rotary Club gained.
Progress in wilderness advocacy is measured on the ground, as it were, at the grass roots, and Idaho and Montana wilderness group Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness finds itself better…
FSPW gains endorsements from Sandpoint Chamber and Sandpoint Rotary
Progress in wilderness advocacy is measured on the ground, as it were, at the grass roots, and Idaho and Montana wilderness group Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness finds itself better…
Students in three counties weigh in on wilderness.
Read the winning essays by clicking on the highlighted names. Each year, in two events sponsored by Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness, elementary and high school students from Sanders and…
Jessica Read wins the 2010 Sanders County essay contest
In my opinion, I strongly believe that wilderness has value. Not only does it help fuel the eco system; it provides recreational areas for humans. We are able to do…
