AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Forest Service says a Madison logging company has agreed to pay a $35,000 fine for violating the state’s clear-cutting laws.
The forest service says T.R. Dillon Logging Inc. violated state forest management laws when cutting land in the towns of Industry and Peru.
State officials say the violations were not intentional, but that the company didn’t have harvest plans prepared by a licensed forester before it began cutting the land.
What!….they would never do such a thing!
“State officials say the violations were not intentional, but that the company didn’t have harvest plans prepared by a licensed forester before it began cutting the land.”
Hmmmm… not intentional???? Is a plan required before cutting? Is T.R. Dillon Logging Inc. and NEW startup company? How does it become “Not Intentional”?
No, T.R. Dillon has been around for quite a while. I happen to know the own, he is a stand up guy. I would guess (I have not seen him lately to talk to him) it was a mis-communication. He runs a big crew and lots of sites.
I would make a bet that the cutting plan would have been the exact same no matter what. He has one of the better logging companies in the State.
Disclaimer: I am not related and I have never worked for T.R. Dillon. My family ran a small time logging company in the same area as he did.
Nuttins plan that made him rich was intentional, he walked clean and look at him now. Wow
Whats the difference here?
I know that an architect is needed for a house these days, but now a “licensed planner’ is needed to cut?
When I was cutting 35 odd years ago, we new what clear-cutting was and steered clear of it for our own good. This story leaves me a bit perplexed with the ‘not intentional’ part.
Slap on the wrist.