Reflections of Nature
By Phil Hough
Reader Staff
We launched our canoe into strong head winds and waves. Forward progress was slow, so we camped early, on a muddy shore only five miles …
By Phil Hough
Reader Staff
We launched our canoe into strong head winds and waves. Forward progress was slow, so we camped early, on a muddy shore only five miles …
By Phil Hough
Reader Contributor
The Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness, and others, have been involved for many years in the effort to protect the Scotchman Peaks as wilderness to …
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 …
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 …
Scotchman Peaks: Multi-use is best option
By Tony McDermott
Reader Contributor
There is no doubt that the FSP, ICL, IFG, former BC commission chairman Cary Kelly, and the USFS are …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
The question of whether the proposed Scotchman Peaks Wilderness will come to be will now be an issue Bonner County citizens can vote for …
By Phil Hough
Reader Contributor
As we gather with family and friends this week and count our blessings, let’s remember to give thanks for the wild landscapes that we live …
By Phil Hough
Reader Contributor
When I was 10 years old, my dad and I took a 10-day adventure along the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, a canoe route established in northern …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Around 150 people turned out to attend the Scotchman Peaks proposed wilderness informational meeting at the Clark Fork Junior/Senior High School on Wednesday night.
The …
By Phil Hough
Reader Contributor
With a stack of resolutions and endorsements in hand, we (Phil Hough, Brad Smith and Kate McAlister) recently traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with …
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