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Guided June hikes explore old-growth forests in seven Kootenay communities

Wildsight , a non-profit working to protect biodiversity and encourage sustainable communities, is offering guided walks to connect people to old growth forests in the Kootenay region.
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Old growth cedars. Wildsight file

Wildsight, a non-profit working to protect biodiversity and encourage sustainable communities, is offering guided walks to connect people to old growth forests in the Kootenay region.

The hikes will be led by Eddie Petryshen, Wildsight’s Conservation Specialist or Jenna Shulhof, the Columbia Valley Conservation Coordinator.

Seven different communities hikes are planned: Golden, Creston, Invermere, Nelson, Kimberley/Cranbrook, Fernie and Revelstoke.

• Golden, June 10 – a two-kilometre hike with some elevation gain to an older fir forest.

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Carolyn Grant

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