Redwood poaching closes Calif. park
By Lydia O’Connor, Huffington Post
It ain’t easy being beautiful — just ask a California redwood tree.
Prized for their beauty, age and size, California’s precious redwood trees have increasingly become the victims of poachers eyeing them for easy profit, forcing park officials to close the gates.
In a press release announcing the nighttime closure of Newton B. Drury Parkway, a scenic route through a redwood forest in Northern California, the National Park Service explained that an alarming increase in wood poaching raids has demanded extra protection for the state’s treasured trees, forcing the service to limit visitor access.
I hope they nab the poachers and force them to do community service… like planting new trees.
Nature Bats Last and the poachers will most certainly have to deal with karma. Maybe one of these trees will fall on their truck and do a little property damage…Justice says I