July 29, Friends volunteers will assist the Montana Conservation Corp by hauling food and equipment from the end of road to the Star Peak lookout. Volunteers will hike unburdened (using the…
Author: Sandy Compton
Sandy Compton has been program coordinator for Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness since 2009. He is also a storyteller and author of both fiction and non-fiction books, and the publisher at bluecreekpress.com.
In addition to his other duties, he runs the FSPW All Star Trail Team (www.scotchmanpeaks.org/trails), which works on Forest Service trails in the Scotchman Peaks. He is a trail surveyor as well, and a C-Certified Crosscut Bucker/Feller and USFS National Saw Policy OHLEC instructor.
Sandy grew up on a small farm/woodlot at the south end of the proposed wilderness and lives there still. He is also board member of the National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance and a planning team member for the Northern Rockies Wilderness Skills Institute.
A Scotchman Fourth of July
March, ride, or watch, but wear your Scotchman Peaks swag! Each year, from Sandpoint to Noxon, Friends march for wilderness in parades. It's fun and a great chance to show…
Bonner County Fair — Dr. Seuss on the loose!
Bonner County Fair is one of our most important outreach events of the year. Literally hundreds of people walk by our booth every day for five days in a row,…
Annual Huckleberry Festival in Trout Creek
Friday, we will be marching in the Festival parade — come along! — and setting up our booth at the Huckleberry Festival for the 8th year in a row! Saturday…
Friends of Scotchman Peaks, Cabinet Resource Group, Forest Service and Avista plan June 9th cooperative National Trails Day event.
Trail work, campground cleanup and potluck planned for Bull River Campground. Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness will host their annual Sanders County Picnic beginning at 3 p.m. on Sunday, June…
Wilderness Ranger Apprenticeship Campout
This is a weekend of supervised fun and work for high school students. Youth from Lincoln, Sanders and Bonner County will camp near the Star Peak Historic Trail reconstruction project…
Upper South Fork of Ross Creek Trail Work Day
Join FSPW and Kootenai National Forests trail crews on South Fork Ross Creek Trail #321 for a single day of trail clearing and tread work. Tools and beverages provided by…
Star Peak Historic Trail Work Day
Join FSPW and Kootenai National Forests trail crews on Star Peak Historic Trail #999 for a single day of trail clearing and tread work. Tools and beverages provided by FSPW.…