The city believes whoever poisoned the trees did it on purpose, though it was unclear from the news release how staff came to that conclusion.
The city said it seems someone meant to poison just one of the aspens on an area known as Clarance Greenspace – at Clarance Avenue and Kuipers Crescent – but because of the trees' connected root systems, several more died as well.Ĭity staff said these trees were in an area considered a wet forest, where deciduous trees moderate the groundwater, helping to stabilize nearby slopes and prevent landslides. The city had to remove the tree from a riparian zone, an operation that cost about $5,000.Īnother seven trees were killed in the city's Kuipers Peak neighbourhood. The city said in a statement Friday that the 60-plus-year-old tree was "recently poisoned" and died. One was a decades-old elm on Manhattan Drive. Staff members are looking for the person or people behind the deaths of eight trees in the city. The municipal tree bylaw includes fines of up to $50,000 per tree for anyone caught vandalizing or removing trees on city property. Someone could be fined as much as $400,000 if the City of Kelowna finds out who's behind the recent deaths of several local trees.
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