Fallen Trees

Stanley Park is a mess - millions of trees have fallen down. Big deal! Trees are renewable, and little seedlings will fall from the trees and plant themselves into soil for regrowth. I bet that almost 1 million dollars has been donated to re-forest Stanley Park. But... wouldn't that money be better spent to get rid of the pine beetle in the interior?? Or wouldn't it be better spent to help the needy by creating additional rooming houses? The pine beetle is a greater threat to the environment, than wind-knocked trees! In fact, the deadwood will help life to spring up again, in the form of new habitat for animals, and helping the soil to fertilize, and to help seedlings spring up.

Granted, Stanley Park looks different now - and the trees aren't so thick but anyone who's taken basic Geography classes in high school should know that it's not such a disaster. It's only considered a disaster because the park is in a city full of spoiled tree-huggers - people who want their trees lush and gigantic in the city and who have no thought whatsoever about trees plagued by pine beetles elsewhere which are literally standing deadwood - pine beetles who are even a greater menace to our natural habitat than some fallen trees. I don't want any of my municipal or provincial tax money to reforest Stanley Park. I'd rather have my money spent on combating homelessness. Soon, someone will decide that the wildlife of Stanley Park will need a sanctuary during the "re-building" of Stanley Park. Our local billionaire JP should donate money to a more useful cause, than this.