SACRAMENTO, CA -- Redwood burl poaching could become an automatic felony in California if a new bill introduced by northern California lawmakers becomes law. Introduced by California State Senator ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — The poaching of knobby growths on ancient redwood trees has spread to national forests in Northern California and Oregon. The growths, known as burls, appear at the base of ...
A California man was sentenced on Friday for poaching chunks of a redwood tree in California, officials said. Derek Alwin Hughes, 37, of Orick, is accused of cutting off “burl” from the base of a tree ...
California State Park Rangers are searching for the thief who cut out a 15-inch by 25-inch by 7-inch chunk of burl wood out of a tree in Cheatham Grove in Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park. The burl, ...