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Poachers targeting California's redwoods to feed drug habits * 1
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California's majestic redwood trees are in danger as poachers enter the sunshine state's national parks to steal its wood to sell for furniture.

Rangers at Redwood National and State Park are taking extreme measures to protect the massacre of the national treasures, some of which are thousands of years old.

"It's very disturbing, these trees are priceless," Jeff Bomke, California State Parks Redwood Coast Sector acting superintendent, told Fox News Channel. The poachers are targeting burls, a knotted piece of wood that protrudes from the tree.

Only 5 percent of the remaining old growth redwoods since the time of western settlement still stand, Bomke said. "To see them injured in this way is very disturbing. These trees belong to everyone."

Bomke said the poachers have generally been drug addicts or people with criminal records who look at the trees as an easy and alternative way to support themselves.

"The legitimate sources are becoming less available, private timberlands and private properties, for various reasons and the individuals that are supplying the materials to the vendors, are either drug addictions or have other criminal records," he said. "So this is a way that they can get an income to support their needs and sell to these other sources."

Although the trees can live when cut into, an open wound can cause pests and diseases to enter the redwoods. It can also destabilize the trees in the event of a windstorm, said Bomke.

"The redwoods are very resilient and they can heal but obviously the visual impact and also the adjacent impact to endangered species [is an issue]."

Bomke is working with local law enforcement agencies to help prevent the poaching.

"There's an effort to close the roadway in the evening," he said. "[It gives us] the ability to monitor closer this particular area."

Rangers are also taking on extra shifts and patrols have increased.

"This is a very high priority for our law enforcement staff."

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/03/06/burl-poachers-threaten-majestic-redwoods-in-california/


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Re: Poachers targeting California's redwoods to feed drug habits [Re: California]
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People are stealing rare and prestigious wood that predates western civilization for exotic furniture... better blame the drugs


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Re: Poachers targeting California's redwoods to feed drug habits [Re: psyconaught]
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Yea honestly while I get their point about coked out and corrupted CEOs there is no reason to point out in this article. This is a serious issue though as extinction is no joke especially for these majestic trees.

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Re: Poachers targeting California's redwoods to feed drug habits [Re: California]
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How/why the heck are they attributing this behavior to DRUGS???  In a bad economy, people will do stuff like this to earn enough money just to EAT.  OK...so they're poaching wood for the making of furniture...that I can buy.  At what point does this become drug motivated behavior?  I doubt the people responsible (despite what is in the article) differ from the average joe in the vicinity.  Drug addicts and criminals...I call bullshit.  :shrug:

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Edited by Nature Boy (03/28/14 12:42 PM)

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Re: Poachers targeting California's redwoods to feed drug habits [Re: Nature Boy]
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Nature Boy said:
How/why the heck are they attributing this behavior to DRUGS???  In a bad economy, people will do stuff like this to earn enough money just to EAT.  OK...so they're poaching wood for the making of furniture...that I can buy.  At what point does this become drug motivated behavior?  I doubt the people responsible (despite what is in the article) differ from the average joe in the vicinity.  Drug addicts and criminals...I call bullshit.  :shrug:

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Bankers and ceos addicted to cocaine and probably meth as well nowadays. Pharmaceutical scripts too as most cause dependencies. Still you are right no reason to point out drug using corporation owners. It's an obvious drug war propaganda scare tactic.

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Re: Poachers targeting California's redwoods to feed drug habits [Re: Nature Boy]
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Nature Boy said:
How/why the heck are they attributing this behavior to DRUGS???  In a bad economy, people will do stuff like this to earn enough money just to EAT.  OK...so they're poaching wood for the making of furniture...that I can buy.  At what point does this become drug motivated behavior?  I doubt the people responsible (despite what is in the article) differ from the average joe in the vicinity.  Drug addicts and criminals...I call bullshit.  :shrug:

N.B.


Maybe they are addicted to food! Ban food!


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Re: Poachers targeting California's redwoods to feed drug habits [Re: rubberlizard]
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The little town of Orick, that the national park surrounds, is a known tweaker outpost. It's a fairly depressed area that once depended on logging redwoods to support the community. That all ended with the installment of the park, tanking the local economy and displacing some of the locals via eminent domain. Needles to say, not a lot of love loss there. The NPS used to issue permits to collect driftwood that would contains the burls in it from the beaches in the area, which I don't think they do anymore.

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Re: Poachers targeting California's redwoods to feed drug habits [Re: RedSnapper]
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I can't believe that people would stoop so low as injure 1500+ year old trees. That's so fucked up...


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Re: Poachers targeting California's redwoods to feed drug habits [Re: IoRhinz]
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I saw a video today about poachers killing endangered animals lions and tigers and bears and shit to eat and make skins from they sold like lion penis for 1500 a plate at one restraunt made me fucking sick

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Re: Poachers targeting California's redwoods to feed drug habits [Re: RedSnapper]
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couldnt have said it better. they used to issue permits for driftwood collecting. since they stopped, the poaching in the park has inreased. it dosent make sense that they stopped the beach collecting. it wasnt damaging the environment or ecosystem.

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Re: Poachers targeting California's redwoods to feed drug habits [Re: RedSnapper]
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RedSnapper said:
The little town of Orick, that the national park surrounds, is a known tweaker outpost. It's a fairly depressed area that once depended on logging redwoods to support the community. That all ended with the installment of the park, tanking the local economy and displacing some of the locals via eminent domain. Needles to say, not a lot of love loss there. The NPS used to issue permits to collect driftwood that would contains the burls in it from the beaches in the area, which I don't think they do anymore.


Interesting info, doesn't surprise me though.

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Re: Poachers targeting California's redwoods to feed drug habits [Re: 4runner]
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time to ban redwood trees

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Re: Poachers targeting California's redwoods to feed drug habits [Re: P-O]
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P-O said:
time to ban redwood trees


Oh you :realawe:

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