Doug Ferrell, FSPW Board Chair, reports on progress being made by the Kootenai Forest Stakeholders: In December, after many years of work, the Kootenai Forest Stakeholders Coalition (including representatives from…
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Ken Thacker and Bonnie Jakubos create new weapon in the war on weeds
FSPW Volunteers Ken Thacker and Bonnie Jakubos teamed up recently to produce a simplified and area-specific weed guide for use in the proposed Scotchman Peaks Wilderness as well as in…
DC Update Part 1
On a crisp, sunny autumn day, hiking the "hill" (Capitol Hill) in DC may not be as exciting as climbing Scotchman Peak, but it can be pleasant and very interesting.…
Sandy Compton’s column in the Sandpoint Reader is about . . . goats! Ya think.
Program Coordinator Sandy Compton is also a closet columnist and journalist for The River Journal, Sandpoint Reader and Sandpoint Magazine, among other publications. In the October 1 issue of The…
The Plein Air Paintout returns to Hope October 10
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…
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 %…
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…
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…
