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 …
Category: Scotchman Peaks
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’ …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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