The Wild and Scenic Film Festival will be returning to Sandpoint this month to feature nine films showcasing wild places and the people working to protect them.
The Sandpoint Nordic Club is the most recent recipient of a $10,000 grant award from 101 Women, Sandpoint.
The Nordic Club will use the funds for a children’s ski and snowshoe program. The group hopes to ensure that kids of all abilities, backgrounds, and socio-economic classes can be active in the winter through cross-country skiing or snowshoeing.
Every summer my wife and I like to wander off into the backcountry. Sometimes we go by backpack. Sometimes by boat. Our vessel of choice usually being a kayak or canoe. We go walking or paddling into the wild landscapes. Because they are silent modes of travel, we can fully immerse ourselves into the wilderness. We can find those wild places within ourselves.
As part of an effort to highlight their campaign, the Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness partnered with Colorado-based Ecoflight to offer a flight over the Sandpoint, Lake Pend Oreille and Clark Fork areas in Idaho and into Montana to circumvent the proposed Scotchman Peaks Wilderness.