Skyanne 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.…
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.
Jess Teats wrote the best 2012 Essay at Troy High School.
Jess won a $250 scholarship 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…
Annual Highway Cleanup on September 15.
Help clean up our adopted stretch of Highway 200 between Hope and Clark Fork! Show your appreciation for keeping the environment pristine by volunteering to clean up the edges of…
Friends of Scotchman Peaks posts stewardship, education and hike lineups for 2012.
Educational opportunities, hikes and trail projects on three ranger districts highlight Friends’ summer. National Trails Day is Saturday, June 2, and Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness are sponsoring three National…
Who will be the 2012 Old Goat! Find out May 26th.
State of the Scotchmans, fun and educational summer hikes, and historic stewardship projects! First thing first. At 4:00, Saturday, May 26, we gather at Oden Communnity Hall (here's a map)…
Online Auction: Four Days on Lake Creek with 15 Friends
Thanks to Dale and Patty Myers of In The Shadow of the Cabinets for their generous donation of four nights for up to 16 people in their beautiful and big…
Sure is quiet around here.
April 11 and the wolverine watch is over. Ms. Brasseur, our intrepid wolverine project leader, is off to the desert for some well-deserved vacation, and the revolving door that the…
Free wildlife films slated for Libby and Thompson Falls, February 10 and 11
The Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness will bring three spectacular films from The International Wildlife Film Festival to two Western Montana venues on the second weekend of February. IWFF, based…