By Kelly Butts-Spirito
Eugenio Montale once wrote, “The most dangerous aspect of present-day life is the dissolution of the feeling of individual...
Category: Voices in the Wilderness
A Winter Forest Choir
By Brian Baxter
After the snowfall, Old Man Winter rests. He is warm now, with his long white hair flowing down his shoulders. After conjuring...
An Intern’s Summer in the Scotchman Peaks
By Jacob Arrington
When I first applied for the Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness Backcountry Ranger position, I knew very little of what I was getting into. I knew that it would be hard,...
Surviving a Wild Wind by Annie Gassmann
By Annie Gassmann
We were nearing the end of a mother–daughter backpack trip into the Scapegoat Wilderness. I was in my late teens, eager to explore tall mountains, dark forests and pretend I...
Lance Shevlan adds his story to “Voices In The Wilderness”
Family and Fall in the South Fork of Ross Creek
We moved West in the early 1970s because we found it quiet and beautiful, and much less busy than Minneapolis. After some substitute teaching and...
Consumed in the Yaak
By Riley Egan
I am a consumer. I take elk, deer, trout, firewood, mushrooms, grouse, berries, experiences, memories, insight, and perspective. I take all of these things selfishly, albeit...
Shey Hannum went hunting and got more than she expected!
Calling the big one in.
By Shey Hannum
I bet you've never heard a hunting story like the one I'm about to tell you; especially from a girl. This is the craziest hunting experience...
Trinity Wallace of Libby tied for best essay overall in the 2016 FSPW Scholarship Contest
Finding the bigger picture
By Trinity Wallace
I have always been captivated by nature; nature has a way of making my first-world...