Happy trails
FSPW founding Director Phil Hough passes the torch to Rose Olson By Zach HagadoneReader Staff For 21 years, Phil Hough has been the face — and motive power — behind Friends of Scotchman Peaks...
Category: Scotchman Peaks
Altered perspective
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The last time I went up in a small aircraft from the Sandpoint Airport had to have been sometime between 2001 and 2002. A high-school friend of mine was...
BOCC formally opposes Scotchman
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The advisory vote may be over, but the proposed Scotchman Peaks wilderness was still at the forefront of discussion Tuesday at the Bonner County Commissioners’ meeting. The agenda featured...
County to discuss Scotchman opposition and management
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County Commissioners are slated to discuss their stance on the Scotchman Peaks wilderness proposal at their Tuesday business meeting. The agenda lists a discussion regarding “opposing” the wilderness...
Scotchman Peaks: Myths and facts (and compromise)
By Ben Olson Reader Staff No matter if you are voting in favor of the Scotchman Peaks wilderness designation or against it, it’s important to separate the facts from the myths. This sidebar attempts...
The trail to the ballot: How the politics of Scotchman Peaks evolved over time
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff One might not expect the eye-popping vistas of Scotchman Peaks to be the symbolic site of a political battlefield. Yet as pro- and anti-wilderness advocates mobilize for a May...
A local piece of America’s land management history
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Scotchman Peaks Wilderness issue is reaching a climax after not just a few decades of debate, but rather almost a century of a familiar American narrative: to preserve,...
