High timber prices lure poachers to cut down Ohio trees
LONDONDERRY — Walking through his Ross County tree farm, Jim Savage stopped and looked down.
“There it is,” he said, pointing to the jagged tree stump.
In the grass lay the remains of a massive black walnut tree.
About 50 yards away along Salt Creek were the spindly limbs of two other fallen trees.
The trees were not victims of natural threats such as disease or weather, but rather poachers.
Read more: https://www.ohio.com/news/20190514/high-timber-prices-lure-poachers-to-cut-down-ohio-trees/1
(Akron Beacon Journal)
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