All New to Me By Keith Meyers This was all new to me. I had been invited to go with several friends and a new member of our community on…
Category: Voices in the Wilderness
Voices in the Wilderness, begun as a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, allows people from many walks of life to tell personal stories about enjoyable —or maybe not-so-enjoyable —adventures and personally important moments in wild country. Pieces are written by people from all around the Scotchmans area. Each story tells of the writer’s special relationship with wild places. The stories are funny, touching, scary, inspiring and all rooted in a personal relationship with a place with no roads.
These essays are published in papers around the region including Montanian, Western News, Sanders County Ledger, Bonner County Daily Bee, and Sandpoint Reader.
Why I Like Wilderness
By Pete Mickelson I grew up in two places: first on a farm on the edge of the Allegheny National Forest in northwest Penn’s Woods and then on the edge…
Hunting in Wilderness isn’t easy, but it’s worth it!
By Don Clark I came to Libby, Montana from South Dakota in 1967. I was unfamiliar with the concept of Wilderness. My wife drew a mountain goat permit in 1969…
Perspective
By Doug Ferrel This September we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, and also of our much loved Cabinet Mountains Wilderness. The Act was passed in 1964 by…
A life-saving event
By Emma McConnaghey We were almost there. After hours of driving along steep mountain roads and deep ravines our destination was in sight: Callahan Creek. My friend Lizzie and I…
Bad Medicine is good medicine
This piece was published in our Voices in the Wilderness Series in The Western News in July of 2014 By Tony Brown The Lincoln/Sanders County Line has a little-known, unique…
Real Beauty
By Megan Hight, Troy, Montana The time had come. I was the oldest child; my dad had been waiting my whole life for this moment and I wasn’t about to…
Libby High School Scholarship Winner Jared Winslow
The Joy of Walking Montana Wilderness July in northwest Montana is a time for exploration. Cool mornings and hot afternoons mirror the stark contrast in topography one can find by…
