Programs

  • Hikes and Outdoor Education

    HIKES: IN 2024, BETWEEN WINTER AND SUMMER 21 VOLUNTEERS LED 39 GROUP HIKES WITH 306 PARTICIPANTS. IN ADDITION TO EXPERIENCING THE SPLENDOR OF THE SCOTCHMANS, EDUCATIONAL TOPICS INCLUDED: HOLIDAY WREATH MAKING, HIKING WITH KIDS, WILDLIFE TRACKING, MOONLIGHT HIKES, BEGINNER HIKING EDUCATION, TREE ID/FOREST ECOLOGY, RIVER SAFETY, FAMILY CAMPING, FORAGING, OUTDOOR FIRST AID, ARCHEOLOGY/MINE, WATERFALLS, EAGLES, AND AN OVERNIGHT BACKPACK. FRIENDS: WE ADDED ABOUT 500 NEW FRIENDS FOR A TOTAL AT THE END OF OUR FISCAL YEAR OF JUST OVER 11,800 FRIENDS WHO BELIEVE IN WILDERNESS DESIGNATION FOR THE SCOTCHMAN PEAKS. ABOUT 80% OF THESE FRIENDS ARE IN NORTH IDAHO, WESTERN MONTANA, OR EASTERN WASHINGTON. TRAIL MAINTENANCE: WE HAD 17 UNIQUE PROJECT DAYS, WITH 51 UNIQUE VOLUNTEERS WHO PUT IN 779 HOURS TO REMOVE 120 TREES AND IMPROVE TREAD ON 39.5 MILES OF TRAIL. TRAIL AMBASSADORS: 40 UNIQUE VOLUNTEER TRAIL AMBASSADORS SPENT 395 HOURS OVER 28 DAYS, TALKING WITH 1005 HIKERS ON THE SCOTCHMAN PEAK SUMMIT TRAIL IN SUMMER OF 2024. WINTER TRACKS: IN THE WINTER OF 2024, WE HAD 331 STUDENTS FROM 11 LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FROM BONNER, LINCOLN AND SANDERS COUNTIES PARTICIPATE. CONNECTING WITH NATURE HAS THE POWER TO IGNITE THE CURIOSITY AND A LOVE FOR WILD PLACES WHICH CAN TRANSFORM A CHILD'S LIFE.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Oct 1, 2023 – Sep 30, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $274.8K

  • Program 1 [2025]

    HIKES: IN 2025, BETWEEN WINTER AND SUMMER 16 VOLUNTEERS LED 25 GROUP HIKES WITH 197 PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING 35 YOUTH). THEY EXPERIENCED THE SPLENDOR OF THE SCOTCHMANS AND INCREASED THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE NATURE AROUND THEM. EDUCATIONAL TOPICS INCLUDED HOLIDAY WREATH MAKING, HIKING WITH KIDS, WILDLIFE TRACKING, MOONLIGHT HIKES, BEGINNER HIKING EDUCATION, FAMILY CAMPING, FORAGING, WILDFLOWER/PLANT ID, HISTORY OF A FIRE LOOKOUT, AND AN OVERNIGHT BACKPACK. FRIENDS: WE ADDED ABOUT 560 NEW FRIENDS FOR A TOTAL AT THE END OF OUR FISCAL YEAR OF JUST OVER 12,360 FRIENDS WHO BELIEVE IN WILDERNESS DESIGNATION FOR THE SCOTCHMAN PEAKS. ABOUT 80% OF THESE FRIENDS ARE IN NORTH IDAHO, WESTERN MONTANA, OR EASTERN WASHINGTON. TRAIL MAINTENANCE: WE HAD 17 UNIQUE PROJECT DAYS, WITH 48 UNIQUE VOLUNTEERS WHO PUT IN 736 HOURS TO REMOVE 147 TREES AND IMPROVE TREAD ON 48 MILES OF TRAIL. TRAIL AMBASSADORS: 28 UNIQUE VOLUNTEER TRAIL AMBASSADORS SPENT 295 HOURS OVER 28 DAYS, TALKING WITH 920 HIKERS ON THE SCOTCHMAN PEAK SUMMIT TRAIL IN SUMMER OF 2025. WINTER TRACKS: IN THE WINTER OF 2025, 39 VOLUNTEERS SPENT 329 HOURS ON OUR WINTER TRACKS YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM INVOLVED 495 STUDENTS, 28 TEACHERS AND 80 CHAPERONES FROM 13 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FROM BONNER, LINCOLN AND SANDERS COUNTIES. CONNECTING WITH NATURE HAS THE POWER TO IGNITE THE CURIOSITY AND A LOVE FOR WILD PLACES WHICH CAN TRANSFORM A CHILD'S LIFE.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Oct 1, 2024 – Sep 30, 2025
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $236.1K