Whether you have never picked up a brush in your life or you’ve been painting for years, this is an opportunity to learn more about the art of art. The Scotchman Peaks Plein Air Paintout returns...
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.
Join us at Baxter’s On Cedar for fun, food and fundraising!
Wednesday, September 23, join your Friends (of Scotchman Peaks) at Baxters on Cedar. If 50 Friends show up to eat, drink and be merry, Baxters will give us 10 % of the proceeds. Good food, good...
Libby Harvest Festival is September 19!
Come join us (FSPW) and the Montana Wilderness Association for a day of live music, delicious locally-sourced food, and Wilderness celebration in Libby, Montana! The day will start with a book...
Things are calming down on the fire front.
After a good dousing of rain over the last weekend (the picture with this post was taken last Sunday afternoon, when the Scotchmans got .75 ± inches of precipitation), and cooler temperatures all...
The Scotchmans are closed for fire.
NOTICE: ALL TRAILS IN THE SCOTCHMAN PEAKS ARE CLOSED OR SUBJECT TO CLOSURE VERY SOON. PLEASE STAY OUT OF THE WOODS AND OUT OF THE WAY OF THE FIRE FIGHTERS.
Due to the fire...
About Goats: LEAVE THEM ALONE!
About goats. We have been trying to educate people about goats for the past several years. Some of you are not listening, and many of you are ignoring the signs posted at the trail head and on the...
Trail #65 is getting a new start.
Anyone who has hiked Scotchman Peak Trail #65 in the past knows that the worst two miles of trail are the first mile on the way up and the last mile on the way down. Of, course, those are really...
Getting Found In The Scotchmans #2
The summer season is well under way, and beautiful things are happening inside the Scotchman Peaks. Even though sometimes I feel like I live in the office, watching our summer programs develop and...