Timbering Company Steals Trees From West Virginia State Park

If you're going to cut down trees, steal them, and then sell them, you probably don't want to do it in a state park. But that's just what a timbering company did in West Virginia.

According to WSAZ, a timbering company was paid to remove a small number of trees from Coonskin Park. The tree people took more than just a few, they removed 330 trees (most of them in the middle of the night) and sold the lumber for more than $100,000.

The Division of Forestry's study shows [the company] sold the tree stumps for more than they were actually worth and the tree removal cost more than $6,500 in soil damage alone. About $132,286 of timber was cut without authority. 77 hardwood trees were damaged, but not cut, totaling $1,558. The tree growth loss is $5,250.

I wonder what genius was behind this evil plot that thought, "Just take the trees at night and no one will notice."

I wish the forest creatures from Fern Gully could come to life and teach these tool-bags a lesson.

[WSAZ]

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