A group of four Vancouverites is suing the city over its controversial move to cut down thousands of trees in Stanley Park. The Vancouver Park Board began removing the trees in late 2023, saying they were dead or dying because of a hemlock looper moth infestation. So far, about 7,200 trees have been cut down. The civil suit, filed Thursday, alleges negligence on the part of the park board, the City of Vancouver, the city’s urban forestry manager and consulting group Blackwell and Associates. …“We believe very strongly that the defendants … have been negligent in conducting a logging operation in Stanley Park,” said Michael Caditz, one of the four self-represented plaintiffs. …It claims staff failed to cite “credible science” for why the removal is necessary, and made “no attempt to employ … less-extreme methods” or “obtain corroborating opinions” from experts other than Blackwell.