It's the world premier of Grass Routes, the movie about the Scotchman Peaks and the wilderness group that does things differently. The movie from Wildman Pictures opens at the Panida…
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 night at the (FSPW) movies is on for March 14 and 16.
It's the world premier of Grass Routes, the movie about the wilderness group that does things differently. The show will be at the Panida Theater in Sandpoint on Thursday, March…
Friends of Scotchman Peaks repeats as Zoo Boise Conservation Fund grant candidate finalist.
Each fall, Zoo Boise Conservation Fund narrows a big field of animal research grant applicants down to nine, and then lets the public vote on which of them to fund.…
The Scotchman Peaks Stewardship Season takes off with a roar!
FSPW vols swing out to a great start on the Star Peak trail reconstruction. Download your 2012 Summer Stewardship Calendar Here The Friends of Scotchman Peaks kicked off their 2012…
Help Us Make a Movie and put YOUR name on the big screen!
Three film students, Jake Glass, Joe Foster and Matt Stauble, from Muhlenburg College in Pennsylvania spent two weeks in July 2010 filming scenes and on-screen interviews in and around the…
Robert Eahart of Plains wrote the best overall high school essay for 2012
Robert won $250 for the best entry into the FSPW 2012 High School Essay Competition from Plains High School, and another $250 for writing the best overall essay of the…
The best 2012 essay for Noxon High was written by Cara Stettler
Cara won $250 for her entry into the FSPW 2012 High School Essay Competition by telling us about her “Most Memorable Wilderness Experience.” Read her essay in its entirety below.…
Eric Milner wrote the best 2012 essay at Thompson Falls High
Eric won $250 for his entry into the FSPW 2012 High School Essay Competition by telling us about his “Most Memorable Wilderness Experience.” Read his essay in its entirety below.…