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.
Emma McConnaughey — Best overall FSPW Scholarship essay 2014
A Life Saving Event
We were almost there. After hours of driving along steep mountain roads and deep ravines our destination was in sight: Callahan Creek. My friend...
Star Peak Work Day
Join FSPW and Kootenai National Forests trail crews on Star Peak Historic Trail #999 for a last day of trail clearing and tread work on this project for the season. Tools and beverages provided by...
The Sixth Annual Scotchman Peaks Plein Air Paintout
The 6th Annual Scotchmans Plein Air Paint Out comes to Hope, Idaho, the first weekend of October (4th-6th). Two dozen artists will fan out in and around the Wilderness on Friday and Saturday,...
Friends’ movies coming to Seattle.
Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness' executive director Phil Hough travels to Seattle in the first week of September for meetings with Woodland Park Zoo officials and a chance to show...
August 16, 2013 – Upper South Fork of Ross Creek Trail Work Day
Join the FSPW trail crew on South Fork Ross Creek Trail #321 for a single day of trail clearing and tread work. Tools and beverages provided by FSPW. The goal is to clear a big mess of...
Winners announced for 2013 Scotchman Peaks Essay Contest for high school seniors.
Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness received over 50 entries to their 2013 essay competition for high school seniors from Bonner, Sanders and Lincoln Counties. A cash award and certificate were...