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There’s “no rhyme or reason” to an act of vandalism at Vancouver’s Langara Golf Course that left up to 50 trees sawed down to stumps.

“We’ve never really experienced this to this extent before,” said Howard Normann, the city’s parks director.

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“There’s no rhyme or reason. It doesn’t make any sense.”

According to the park board, up to 50 trees at sporadic spots throughout the golf course were felled by vandals over the past four weeks. Damaging trees intentionally is a park board bylaw offence.

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The juvenile trees – a variety of species including sequoia, west coast cedar, Douglas fir, Fraser fir and alder – all appear to be intentionally sawed, having sustained clean cuts made by what Normann suspects is a handsaw of some type. The trees are unlikely to recover.

Normann said the city occasionally sees instances of trees being chopped down by homeowners hoping to improve their view but that there were no obvious sightlines being obstructed by these trees.