Come check out the 4th Annual Scotchman Peaks Plein Air Paint Out! For the fourth year, twenty talented local and regional artists will converge on Hope, ID, to put on…
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September 24th: Highway Clean-Up Day!
Help clean up our adopted stretch of Highway 200 between Hope and Clark Fork! Show your appreciation for keeping the environment pristine by volunteering to clean up the edges of…
September 17th: Panhandle Animal Shelter Dog Walk
Come take a walk in the park with some furry friends from the Panhandle Animal Shelter! We'll be walking dogs from the shelter around the Sandpoint Farmers Market which runs…
First Annual ECO Fair – through the eyes of the new-bee
Hi, I'm Jim Murphy and I recently joined Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness. This is my first blog. If you weren’t at the August 13 Eco-Fair in Sandpoint, you missed a great…
Most Beautiful Town
Recently, Rand McNally and USA Today recruited five teams to travel to 30 small towns across the country and evaluate them in several categories. It will come to residents of…
A New Grizzly Bear Study Wants YOU!
Seeing wildlife in the backcountry is one of the exciting opportunities available in our area. A number of animals which are found in few other places call Northern Idaho and…
My weekend with a naturalist
During my studies in environmental science, I’ve met a lot of really interesting and intelligent people: folks who were studying penguins in Antarctica, glacial erratics on the bottom of the…
There’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.
"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off…
