Thanks to the Moody Blues, for understanding. Golden, low-angle sunshine slants from the north corner of Billiard Table. The sun is so low yet that much of Scotchman is still…
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.
Muhlenberg students arrive July 7 to begin filming FSPW documentary
Three young film makers from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, will get an up-close-and-personal view of the Scotchman Peaks and have opportunity to film in and around the proposed wilderness…
Further confessions of a reformed couch potatoe: Still willin’
I been warped by the rain, driven by the snow I'm beat down and dirty, and don't you know That I'm still . . . willin' (Willin' - Lowell T.…
Jack Gladstone comes to Libby June 11
"Montana's Troubador," Jack Gladstone, will appear in concert at 7 pm, Friday, June 11, at Riverfront Park in Libby, Montana, courtesy the Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness. Gladstone is a…
Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness awards six scholarships to Idaho and Montana high school seniors
Olivia Guthrie of Sandpoint, Brittani Wilder of Hope, Amber Kardokus of Heron, Ryan Humphrey of Trout Creek, Thomas Roeder of Troy and Paige Ward of Libby were awarded scholarships by…
Scotchman Peaks volunteer opportunities abound this summer
By Sandy Compton, FSPW Program Coordinator Margaret Mead once wrote, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever…
Wild Idaho was a wildly good time.
By Sandy Compton It's 6:30 in the morning in the Stanley Basin and we are glassing a freshly whitened valley surrounded by sage hills. Air temperature is 20 ° F.…
Further confessions of a reformed couch potato: Why.
In the beginning, there was stone . . . and then, came the ice. If you have never hiked into the central Scotchmans, say to Sawtooth or the Melissa Crag…
