About us

Hi,
My name is Pete Delorme.

I’m pleased to see that you are interested in how to "Protect Your Forest" by viewing this site. This has turned out to be more than something we had expected, but I guess when one is passionate about something, it can’t be ignored.

Our purpose for this site has always been the hope that others would feel the same way about forests as we do and perhaps help conserve what we have left of such a precious part of our life and environment.

I grew up in a small town just outside of Winnipeg Manitoba, where my backyard was a forested area. As a young child, I never realized how much the forest meant to me. I used to build forts with my friends, climb trees, and spend countless hours being at one with nature. Those were some of my greatest memories.

The thought of someone ruining my childhood hangout, which I enjoyed for so many years, with garbage and potential pollution, saddens me, to say the least. I do know now, that if my backyard was a dumping ground I would not have been able to spend my youth there.

I now live in Beautiful British Columbia and when I first moved here I could not believe that anyone could throw their full ashtray or fast food garbage out of their car window, to me that was devastating. Ever since then, I have always been conscious of my actions when I spent time in the forest.

My friends and I hung out in the mountains almost every weekend, bringing food and drinks with us, but would always leave with a bag, that we brought, filled with our garbage. We never left anything behind; sometimes we even picked up other peoples’ trash.

I never realized, back then, how much of a difference we could make by picking up others people's litter as well. I have now seen the positive impact that our efforts alone have made in the areas that we would frequent. The amount of garbage and types of things that people throw away, including glass, tires, cans, propane tanks, shell casings, plastics, furniture and motor oil to name a few, are shocking!

The statistics are staggering as to how much garbage people pollute our forests with, and without remorse. We have met and made friends with others who help protect our forests as we do. To me, they are special because no one has asked or  paid them to do this. They have done this from their heart and their genuine care for the future of our forests.

I have lost certain privileges; including free camping and, in some cases, the  campgrounds I loved so much have been closed due to so much garbage and ignorance.

There are some sites now, including a very popular hot spring, which now charges because they could not keep up with the cleaning. They needed to hire others to come and clean after irresponsible campers. Soon, some of these places may close altogether and restrict access completely to these beautiful sites.

I hope you will join us in preventing this from happening, to preserve and protect what forest we do have left. We lose enough of it yearly due to fire and clear cutting from logging to fulfill the demand for construction. I also can now provide biodegradable bags and accessories to help with our growing plastic problems in landfills.

To understand more about me and what I have researched for the protection of your forests we have written an e-book. It contains a wealth of information of what we do, all about ecosystems, how they work, what the forest does for the animals, the future, and us. This is a great gift for hikers and campers or for all of you willing to find a solution to this issue.

Do respond to me! I want to know your thoughts! Check out my "contact" page and thanks again!

Yours truly,

Pete Delorme