Ownership of trees and some relevant bylaw rules are a vital part of the Vancouver landscape. In our city, trees are generally separated into two categories, trees on public land and trees on private property. The city and park board arborists take care of all trees on public land, performing ...
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Treasured Trees, at the west edge of UBC, is a stand of one of the two remaining old-growth forests immediately adjacent to Vancouver. It includes a 400-year-old Douglas-fir and champion grand fir. At 46 metres tall, it is nicknamed the “CBC fork tree”, due to its multi-stem top. The champion ...
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What is a ‘protected’ tree? This is an interesting question because there are many different answers, depending on the tolerance for development in a municipality. Every definition is deliberately tailored to what actors in the development process, i.e., arborists, residents and builders, can reasonably afford to account for—whether it be ...
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