Dozens of pieces of original art featuring the proposed Scotchman Peaks Wilderness are created annually during two plein air events sponsored by Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness. The Scotchman Peaks…
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.
FSPW Salutes Team Laughing Dog
The Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness salute Team Laughing Dog, the local bicycle team that will ride in the Race Across America (RAAM) in June to raise money for autism…
Luck and passion in wild, wild Vegas
We are just finished with the first National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance conference . . . or at least many of us are. Some lucky souls are out on a field…
Doug Chadwick lectures on Wolverines March 17, 18 and 19
March 17, 18 and 19, FSWP brings wolverine expert Doug Chadwick, author of The Wolverine Way, to Sandpoint, Trout Creek and Troy, Montana to give a presentation on his favorite…
En Plein Air premiers in Sandpoint February 20.
Three artists, in the company of a small, but nimble film crew from Wildman Pictures, went into the Scotchman Peaks last summer to make art in the wilderness. This second…
The season of the wolverine begins before the year of the Rabbit.
The Chinese calendar says 2011 is the year of the Rabbit — sort of. First of all, the new Chinese year doesn't start until February 3, and furthermore, it will…
Wild art show in Lewiston draws crowds and attention for the Scotchmans
Art opening focuses on Extreme Plein Air paintings, sculpture and an artful movie from Wildman Pictures The work of Aaron Johnson, Jared Shear and David Herbold, three artists who undertook…
Winter Hike Season Begins Jan. 15.
Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness have at least a dozen reasons to get out on your snow shoes or cross-country skis this winter, and it all begins on Saturday, January…
