Community group seeks to add “missing piece” to Purcell Wilderness Conservancy

By Rachael Lesosky Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Mt. Willet Wilderness Forever, a North Kootenay Lake community group, is seeking political and public support for its latest proposal to include the “missing piece” – the Argenta-Johnsons Landing (AJL) Face – in the Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Provincial Park. Eight years of hard work have gone into the second proposal, said Gary Diers, member of Mt. Willet Wilderness Forever. It was revised with help from biologists Amber Peters and Dr. Michael Proctor to encompass wider biological issues. “But our ask of the government is still exactly the same: the inclusion of the Argenta Face within the Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Provincial Park.” Lying between the communities of Argenta and Johnsons Landing, the AJL Face is bordered on three sides by the Purcell Wilderness Conservancy…

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