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Save Stanley Park @savestanleypark.bsky.social · Jul 25

Famous quotes of Thomas J. Digby. Updated to include woodpecker attacks on dead biological material.

#deforestation #stanleypark #looper #vancouver Vancouver Park Board Tom Digby

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Famous Quotes of Thomas J. Digby July 2025

Video updated July 2025 Vancouver Green Park Board Commissioner Thomas Digby has been a leading proponent of forest thinning in Stanley Park, where tens of thousands…

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Save Stanley Park @savestanleypark.bsky.social · Jul 24

Huge plume of fireworks smoke sitting over west end, all the way to Granville Bridge. Air quality is highest hazard rating, 243 PM2.5.

#smoke #fireworks #airquality #granvillebridge #westend

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Save Stanley Park @savestanleypark.bsky.social · Jul 24

Huge plume of fireworks smoke sitting over west end, all the way to Granville Bridge

#smoke #fireworks #airquality #granvillebridge #westend

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Save Stanley Park @savestanleypark.bsky.social · Jul 16

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We believe that the citizens of Vancouver will support our reasonable ask.

Please assert the independent oversight of the elected Park Board.

@brennanbastyo.bsky.social @tomdigby1.bsky.social
#stanleypark #vancouver #parkboard #looper #logging

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Save Stanley Park @savestanleypark.bsky.social · Jul 16

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“Independent” means the assessor or the assessor’s employer will not stand to gain financially from the results of his or her assessment.

@brennanbastyo.bsky.social @tomdigby1.bsky.social
#stanleypark #vancouver #parkboard #looper #logging

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Save Stanley Park @savestanleypark.bsky.social · Jul 16

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“Individually” means that the particular tree in question has been examined. “Properly” means according to provincial standards. “Certified” means provincially certified as specified by WorkSafe BC.

@brennanbastyo.bsky.social @tomdigby1.bsky.social
#stanleypark

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Save Stanley Park @savestanleypark.bsky.social · Jul 16

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Stanley Park Preservation Society makes the following simple and reasonable request:

Only trees individually and properly assessed as dangerous trees by certified independent tree risk assessors shall be felled in Stanley Park.

@brennanbastyo.bsky.social @tomdigby1.bsky.social
#stanleypark

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Save Stanley Park @savestanleypark.bsky.social · Jul 15

" . . . I have an issue with the $2 million . . . . the citizens of Vancouver [should] have a say about what's happening in their neighbourhoods."

--Commissioner Haer against increasing City's authority to outsource without a public meeting

@brennanbastyo.bsky.social

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Vancouver Park Board Commissioner Bastyovanszky Stands Up For Democracy

FINALLY, AT LEAST ONE COMMISSIONER STANDS UP FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE VANCOUVER PARK BOARD Brennan Bastyovanszky steps up to the plate The seven elected…

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Save Stanley Park @savestanleypark.bsky.social · Jul 14

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The Brennan Doctrine:

" . . . Like that's a lot of projects with no transparency, no visibility. We have no idea how it's performing."

--on @tomdigby1.bsky.social amendment to allow $2 million outsourcing by City

@parkboardscott.bsky.social

@brennanbastyo.bsky.social

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Vancouver Park Board Commissioner Bastyovanszky Stands Up For Democracy

FINALLY, AT LEAST ONE COMMISSIONER STANDS UP FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE VANCOUVER PARK BOARD Brennan Bastyovanszky steps up to the plate The seven elected…

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Save Stanley Park @savestanleypark.bsky.social · Jul 14

The Brennan Doctrine:

" . . . I appreciate the effort of trying to find efficiencies.
But this is a governance board, not an administrative board. So reducing oversight on capital projects is not a way to save money."

@parkboardscott.bsky.social @brennanbastyo.bsky.social
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Vancouver Park Board Commissioner Bastyovanszky Stands Up For Democracy

FINALLY, AT LEAST ONE COMMISSIONER STANDS UP FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE VANCOUVER PARK BOARD Brennan Bastyovanszky steps up to the plate The seven elected…

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parkboardscott.bsky.social @parkboardscott.bsky.social · Jun 24

Wouldn’t it be great to have an independent Board entrusted by the voters, rather than an unaccountable panel handpicked by the Mayor?

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Save Stanley Park @savestanleypark.bsky.social · Jul 13

The Brennan Doctrine:

" . . . any budget transfers between Park Board and City related to urban forestry must be expressly approved by the Park Board. . . .

#parkboard #vancouver

@brennanbastyo.bsky.social
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Save Stanley Park @savestanleypark.bsky.social · Jul 13

Yes!

Please see @brennanbastyo.bsky.social articulate what we are dubbing "The Brennan Doctrine." This is a magnificent assertion of democracy and the independence of the Vancouver Park Board.

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Vancouver Park Board Commissioner Bastyovanszky Stands Up For Democracy

FINALLY, AT LEAST ONE COMMISSIONER STANDS UP FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE VANCOUVER PARK BOARD Brennan Bastyovanszky steps up to the plate The seven elected…

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Save Stanley Park @savestanleypark.bsky.social · Jul 13

The Brennan Doctrine:

" . . . the Park Board shall retain full control over the planning, design, implementation, public engagement and management of urban forestry initiatives . . .

#parkboard #vancouver @brennanbastyo.bsky.social

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Save Stanley Park @savestanleypark.bsky.social · Jun 25

Another ecological blow: City of Vancouver is spraying glyphosate along the seawall in close proximity to children, walkers, cyclists and aquatic life.

#herbicide #stanleypark #vancouver #glyphosate #britishcolumbia #Ecocide

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Save Stanley Park @savestanleypark.bsky.social · Jun 12

The City of Vancouver will try to wrestle more power away from the elected Park Board on Monday evening June 16th 2025. See the details:

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#vancouver #parkboard #stanleypark

City of Vancouver attempting to wrestle more power away from Park Board

City will try to convince commissioners to delegate more spending authority

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Save Stanley Park @savestanleypark.bsky.social · Jun 4

Our Vancouver Green Park Board Commissioner Thomas J. Digby stars in another video! It's short and funny.

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Famous Quotes by Thomas J Digby, Green Party of Vancouver Park Board Commissioner

This is "Famous Quotes by Thomas J Digby, Green Party of Vancouver Park Board Commissioner" by Michael Robert Caditz on Vimeo, the home for high quality…

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Save Stanley Park @savestanleypark.bsky.social · May 25

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Non-negotiable:

3. We demand that only dangerous trees be removed.

4. We demand that the recreational, ecological, cultural, heritage, and wildlife values of trees be considered.

#stanleypark #deforestation

Save Stanley Park @savestanleypark.bsky.social · May 25

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Non-negotiable:

1. We demand that tree risk assessments be performed by certified tree risk assessors, using the provincially designated standard.

2. We demand that documented individual tree risk assessments be performed to determine if trees are safe.

#vancouver #ecocide #logging

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Save Stanley Park @savestanleypark.bsky.social · May 12

"Active forest management" debunked.

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‘Active Management’ Harms Forests — And It’s About to Get a Whole Lot Worse • The Revelator

Forest management approaches promoted as “resilience,” “restoration,” “fuel reduction,” and “forest health” often degrade natural systems and reduce carbon stocks.

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Save Stanley Park @savestanleypark.bsky.social · May 8

Not only did they remove the cycling lane, they're chopping down the trees needlessly.

The overwhelming majority of trees the City of Vancouver is chopping down in Stanley Park are SAFE trees.
#deforestation #ecocide #stanleypark #vancouver

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The Rawlings Study

The Rawlings Study An inspection and assessment by a Certified Wildlife/Dangerous Tree Assessor of a non-biased sample of trees in Stanley Park marked for mitigation…

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Save Stanley Park @savestanleypark.bsky.social · May 8

The overwhelming majority of trees the City of Vancouver is chopping down in Stanley Park are SAFE trees.
#deforestation #ecocide #stanleypark #vancouver

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The Rawlings Study

The Rawlings Study An inspection and assessment by a Certified Wildlife/Dangerous Tree Assessor of a non-biased sample of trees in Stanley Park marked for mitigation…

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Save Stanley Park @savestanleypark.bsky.social · May 7

An independent tree assessment was performed on 13 trees flagged as dangerous-remove by Blackwell. Only one was actually dangerous, and that one could be made safe by pruning one overhanging branch. The independent assessor returned a month later.

#logging #stanleypark

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The Rawlings Study

The Rawlings Study An inspection and assessment by a Certified Wildlife/Dangerous Tree Assessor of a non-biased sample of trees in Stanley Park marked for mitigation…

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Save Stanley Park @savestanleypark.bsky.social · Mar 23

What is your position on the logging operation in Stanley Park?

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Save Stanley Park @savestanleypark.bsky.social · Mar 19

The City of Vancouver violated the Park Board Procurement Policy twice, signing contracts with government forestry industry contractor Blackwell to log Stanley Park without permission of the elected Park Board commissioners.
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#deforestation #ecocide

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