The Vancouver Parks Board wants to unneccessarily log Stanley Park, causing irreperable harm and wasting taxpayer money.
Email the parks board members and decision makers below
[Subject: Urgent Action Required On Stanley Park Logging]
I understand that on January 13, 2025, contractor B.A. Blackwell will resume logging in Stanley Park. I am requesting that the Blackwell assessments, as well as the Director of Urban Forestry’s review of the assessments, be sent to this email address and be released on a public website. If no individual tree assessments are available, the director MUST stop all tree removals until the proper contractual assessment obligations have been met.
According to the contract signed with B.A. Blackwell, the contractors must: “Conduct tree risk assessments within each priority treatment area following ISA’s Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ) methodology. All trees within the working zones must be assessed for structural integrity and public safety risk, with findings incorporated into the treatment prescriptions.” To date, no tree assessment data has been released by the city. In fact, a freedom of information report received by the Stanley Park Preservation Society on December 11, 2024, stated that the Urban Forestry department does not require the contractor to provide tree assessments.
On July 21, 2025, the park board commissioners passed the following resolution, as amended:
E. That, as per previous contracts, each treatment area prescription provided by the contractor, be independently reviewed by the Park Board’s Director of Urban Forestry, to examine the assessment and the degree of treatment proposed, before any before any treatment is undertaken:
i. should any assessment or proposed treatment be subject to doubt, the Director shall be authorized to correct the assessment and/or the proposed treatment in their professional discretion, consistent with the policies and priorities of the park Board
I also request that the Park Board Commissioners convene an emergency meeting to halt tree removals until such time as they are satisfied that trees have been adequately assessed.
I am concerned that trees that have not been assessed as hazardous are being removed from the park and that the park is being irreparably harmed.
I look forward to receiving your response,
Concerned Taxpayer and Community Member