Join outdoor adventurer and trekker John Davis in Fernie on Sunday, Sept. 29 as he completes his historic 5,000-mile (8,000-km) conservation trek from Mexico to Canada.

For the past nine months John has been hiking/ biking/ paddling along the spine of the continent asking people to sign a petition that says ‘Yes to protecting wildlife habitat corridors!’ Be there to witness John complete the final stretch of his adventure accompanied by Karsten Heuer, President of the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y), Ed George, cinematographer and Dave Hadden, Director of Headwaters Montana.

The final stretch will begin at the Morrissey Bridge, 15 km west of Fernie, on Sunday, Sept. 29 at 1 p.m. and will conclude in Fernie at about 3 p.m.

If you can’t catch this epic journey coming to a conclusion, there is a presentation at the Fernie Arts Station on Monday, Sept. 30 with Davis, Heuer and Fernie’s Ryland Nelson presenting ‘The Journey. The People. The Conservation,’ detailing TrekWest and other regional conservation projects.

Doors open at 6:30 with free hors d’oeuvres and drinks until 7 when the visual presentation begins. A mix and mingle will follow.

Watch live on-line at: http://trekwest.org/stream/ .

TrekWest is building a groundswell of public support for creation of state/provincial and federal mechanisms throughout North America that can identify and protect large landscape-scale wildlife habitat corridors.  TrekWest sees the landscape from the eyes of the animals that traverse it – identifying the problems faced by wildlife, the solutions needed, and the conservation heroes working to protect wildlife corridors. TrekWest is expanding a huge network of public/private supporters working to protect our Western Wildlife Heritage.

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Lead image from rockymountainwild.org by ‪Lindsey Katapski

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