LIVERMORE, Maine — A forester has determined that about 1,250 trees of varying sizes were illegally cut from the town’s Memorial Forest, town administrative assistant Kurt Schaub said Tuesday.
Forester Mark Brown of Vassalboro, who was hired by selectpersons in September, also determined roughly 99 percent of the trees cut were hardwood.
Brown is now in the process of calculating the total value of the cut, based upon the size of each stump counted, Schaub said.
Each stump was painted with a dot once it was counted.
About 10 acres of the town’s property was cut by a logger who cut over the property line, Schaub had said previously.
A letter was sent in September to the logger responsible for the cutting, informing him of the town’s intention to recoup the value of the trees, the cost of the survey and the cost of the timber valuation.
Ooooops !
A professional woodcutter just happened to cut over the line??
Good thing it was only 10 acres that were cut and not the whole woodlot.
Also silver lining, it was hardwood , just in time for the heating season.
Easy to move to market.
The article states that they hired a forester to count the stumps and assess the value of the damage, not that a forester was responsible for the timber trespass. Likely there was no forester involved with the harvest
Freshly cut green hardwood..not likely to dry enough to burn anytime soon.
Heck, just request an “after the fact permit”!
Then it’s ok.
You mean a “North Yarmouth Special”?
Those poor trees; how sad…………….
They can recover three times the value of the “stolen” trees.
If a tree falls in the forest and there is no owner around to hear it -is there a noise when it hits the ground? Apparently so…..and its an expensive thud…
Mistake? I think not
Perhaps the paper could publish the name of the offending logger so the public knows whom to avoid doing business with.
Not to worry…when he gets done repaying for everything he wont have a business.
Scotty…not Zumba trees…..
“Alleged”
What if it was a honest mistake?
Even more reason to know who it is.
I would like to make sure not to deal with somebody so incompetent that they cut ten acres over the property line.
The town wants to recover the value of the trees. I believe it would be more of a deterrent if the repayment was double or triple the value. For some of these companies the value of the taken wood would not be much deterrent at all.
Trees grow in order to be cut. It’s like a big friggen garden. Stop whining
over a few trees.. Yet the harvester needs to pay for the timber he/she took.
Obviously you do not own a woodlot.
2 lots. managed by a forester
I’ve had a logger cut on my property without permission before. He forged my name on a contract. It went to court, he got fined $50.00 and made over $17,000.00 on my timber. I got NOTHING – not a penny!
At the request of an older lady years ago I went to look at her woodlot she wanted to sell after her husband passed. I will always remember having to go back to her and telling her it had been completely clear cut. It had been cut off it appeared in dead winter as the stumps were two to three feet high in places and the whole area was torn apart. It never made it to trial (no push from the authorities all buddies), the “logger” walked, and she died within a year or two. I’ve seen what they call Maine justice. Don’t really know why I am still here.
Make them Pay double what the stumpage would be. It they were to cut the trees they would not get the value of the wood. I would love to have someone cut my lot and pay e just what the wood is worth . i could make a ton of money.
This is one of those things where you can sue for “triple damages”
and almost always win. Happened to my neighbor to the tune of
over 300k.
only if they can pay
Don’t bring down the hardwood……
Unless it belongs to you or you have permission from the owner…..