Stanley Park Forest Replanted

This is a news story, published by vancouversun, that relates primarily to Prospect Point news.

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Stanley Park trees

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Stanley Park staff embark on next round of looper moth recovery, but critics assail decision to remove trees

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8,000 dead trees were removed from a swath of Stanley Park’s forest on the west side of Prospect Point .

The city is trying to replant beneath the newly opened canopy with tree species that are more representative of a West Coast forest than the multitude of hemlock trees that had been decimated during a moth infestation between 2019 and 2023 .

The second phase will involve removing 4,000 trees in the area of Brockton Point and around the Vancouver Aquarium .

The plan, however, still faces opposition by members of the recently formed Stanley Park Preservation Society .

The preservation society enlisted seven experts, horticulturalists, arborists and a fire-behaviour specialist.

Metro Vancouver had its own problems with the same moth infestation.

In 2022 and 2023 , it removed 300 trees near roads or homes adjacent to its Lynn Headwaters Regional Park and replanted 1,700 western red cedar and fir trees.

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