The 2020 FSPW Winter Tracks season kicked off this year with the Libby 5th grade at Timberlane Campground on January 10. Over 40 students braved the cold winter day to…
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Celebrate 15 FSPW years with the Wild and Scenic Film Festival on Feb. 1
Friends of Scotchman Peaks bringing SYRCL Wild & Scenic Film Festival to Sandpoint. FSPW celebrates 15th anniversary at the Heartwood Center on February 1. Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness celebrate…
A Look at the Next 15 Years
January 2020 marks the Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness’s 15th anniversary. Over this time we have brought together thousands of people from across Idaho, Montana and our nation to save…
2019 was a year of growth
It's been a big year for Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness. Taken as a whole, 2019 was about spreading the wilderness word through engagement and education. More people than ever…
The very FIRST (FSPW) 2020 beer-drinking event is Jan. 6
It may not be the FIRST beer-drinking event of the year. After all, there’s a lot of football to watch in the next few days. But the Laughing Dog Brews…
Twas the Night Before Christmas
There's nothing like a holiday classic. So let us replay this one. It was orignially posted in 2013. But we're bringing it back! A Trackers Christmas by Brian Patrick Baxter It…
Once wilderness is gone, it’s gone
Jim Mellen loves many things about the wilderness: the peace, the hiking, the beauty. But for him, the greatest gift of all is its irreplaceability. Once it's gone, there's no…
Celebrating winter in our wild back yard.
Winter has arrived, and the Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness (FSPW) winter hike season is right behind. In every season, FSPW volunteers lead hikers into and around the edges of…
