Testimonials

Park solution

After spending time up at Golden Ears Provincial Park, I now realize why attendance is down.

The unreserved sites are usually full while reserved sites are often empty. The park turns away guests because they cannot give out a reserved site, whether it is booked or not.

The park is also not maintained as well as it used to be. The bathrooms’ hand driers haven’t worked in years. Lights burn out and are not changed, rope hangs from many trees and the sites are not cleaned.

The garbage is picked up once a week, so you may be the unlucky camper across from the bins that are not only full but surrounded by garbage on the ground that stinks.

In a park like Golden Ears, that is home to wild animals, the garbage should be a priority.

I love this park.

Take away the reserved sites, clean it up, and it will be full without having to build a lodge.

Joanne Wiggins, Langley B.C. (Taken from The Province Newspaper Vancouver B.C.)

Peter VanDermaden

I think its a great idea, I’ve been doing this for years on my own and now to find someone who does it like I do. The fact that he’s so dedicated in his fight to save our forests that he’s writing about it, making a stand, coming up with a package to promote many of our issues and concerns is fantastic.

I love mother Earth, she’s given me a home and I want to give back to her. People should smarten up! I don’t understand why someone would throw away any kind of recyclable product? You get money back from it! What, does it take a higher refund before they do something?

I pick up countless oil containers, car batteries and garbage. Do they know what they are doing?

There should be more of us out there before its too late. There should be more respect for our planet.

Pete VanDermaden

Chilliwack B.C.