Peter Weeks, FBRM president, lives on the Blue Ridge near the village of Bluemont. From his vantage point looking across the valley to the Bull Run Mountains, he understands the need to protect this precious resource of open land while there is still the opportunity to do so.

Peter is a member of numerous conservation groups, both internationally and locally. Planting trees is his practical expression of love of nature: besides planting hundreds of trees on his mountainside property, he is chairman of the Tree & Beautification Committee for the village of Bluemont.

Planting trees is his practical expression of love of nature: besides planting hundreds of trees on his mountainside property, he was instrumental in designating Bluemont as a Tree City USA Community by the Arbor Day Foundation.