Earlier this year I wrote about a spate of criminal assaults on redwood trees in a California park — all targeting the bulbous growths called burls that are prized by woodworkers and furniture makers.
Two arrests have now been made, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Here's an excerpt from the story, by Peter Fimrite:
A suspected redwood tree slasher and burl bandit was arrested after park officials tracked the wood poacher and an accomplice to a Del Norte County shop where they allegedly peddled the purloined lumber.
Danny Garcia, 43, of Orick (Humboldt County), was charged this week with felony grand theft, vandalism and receiving stolen property after the redwood burls he allegedly sold matched the large cuts found in a mutilated old growth tree in Redwood National and State Parks, in Humboldt County.
His co-conspirator, Larry Morrow, 34, also of Orick, was charged with the same crimes Wednesday, according to Jeff Denny, a Redwoods park ranger. Morrow was already being held in Humboldt County Jail on unrelated charges when he was booked on the burl banditry rap….
"We've had half a dozen incidents of these very large cuts within the last two years and we've documented other wood poaching in the park," Denny said. "It is our hope that we can stem the tide of this type of crime, show people we are working to protect their parks and let the public know that this is a significant problem in our parks." [Read the rest.]
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