Do you ever look up from Lake Pend Oreille at the towering turrets of the Scotchman Peaks and wondering why they aren’t yet designated as wilderness? We sure do! Well,…
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Roughly 60 miles south of Canada, the 88,000 acre Scotchman Peaks roadless area spans the Idaho-Montana border. Since the 1970s, when the U.S. Forest Service carried out extensive evaluations of lands suitable for wilderness, this rugged, scenic and biologically diverse portion of the Cabinet Mountains has been managed for its wilderness potential. The Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness believe now is the time to preserve the Scotchmans, one of the last, and largest, wild areas in our region.
North Idaho Wilderness Advocate Awarded
May 24, 2007 For Immediate Release Contacts: Rick Johnson, (208) 345-6942 ext. 19 Phil Hough, (208) 255-2780 Wilderness advocate Phil Hough, of Sagle, Idaho, was awarded the Idaho Conservation…
Great Old Broads Coming To Scotchmans!
Great Old Broads for Wilderness [GOB], a hard-working, tenacious national wilderness advocate organization, will visit the Scotchman Peaks area to help promote its designation as a Congressionally established permanent Wilderness…
Spokesman Review Guest Opinion
(Reprinted from the Spokesman Review) Scotchman Peaks Another Good Save Doug Scott , Author of "Enduring Wilderness" Campaign for America's Wilderness November 8, 2006 There are now 300 million of us,…
Presentation by Wilderness Historian Doug Scott
Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness presents Doug Scott: Wilderness Historian, Author and Advocate Doug Scott, one of the nation's leading experts on wilderness, will be traveling through the region at…
2006 State Of The Scotchmans
The Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness Proudly Present Our First “State of the Scotchmans” An Open House Event With Fun, Food and Information! Thursday June 22, 2006 5pm-7pm At the…
Fundraising Challenge Grant Announced
Dear Friend of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness, We are excited to announce that the Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness has been awarded a $5,000 "Challenge" grant by the Cinnabar Foundation!! In…
Scotchmans on the front page of the Daily Bee
Jim Mellen's recap and Rod's photo of their recent snowboarding trip to the top of Scotchman Peak were in full color on the front page of Today's Daily Bee, with…