Residents launch effort to preserve Big Island/Woodbend wilderness

EDMONTON – Walk the lip of the sand dune in Woodbend on the first day after spring winds blow away the snow and you’ll find arrowheads, says naturalist Charles Richmond.

It’s a spot deep in the deep southwest corner of Edmonton — a dune blowout nearly the size of a football field — and connected to more than 400 hectares of mostly wilderness, said Richmond, a naturalist with the Sierra Club.

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New policy will preserve and protect local heritage

Peace River Town Council has adopted a Municipal Heritage Plan Policy that will allow local property owners to protect and preserve their heritage property.

The policy will allow the Town and Peace River Museum to work together to continue to preserve local history.

“It’s intentionally announcing to the community that the town is committed to preserving our heritage – our built heritage. That’s either in buildings, industrial, personal homes and/or landscapes,” Laura Gloor, museum director and curator, told the Record-Gazette by phone in reaction to the decision.

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