man cuts down protected trees on preserve to have a better view - genius

[jmc]

It may have been a calculated risk on his part. Around here, people often get fined $10-50K for removing vegetation on waterfront property for the view. Used to be common to clear everything until the Chesapeake bay tributaries silted up, so now they enforce a 100' buffer from the water's edge where no clearing can happen (or very limited clearing for water access) to minimize erosion and sedimentation. Rich people push the limit because to them $50K is peanuts, especially if they just dropped $1 million on the property.

Exactly. Here's an extreme example. (blamed on the contractor):

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[buckeyefarmer]

Some get away with it, some don't.........


Dan Snyder Killed Some Trees, And A Park Ranger Paid The Price

Parks Official Is Blamed In Snyder Tree Cutting

Lockheed Martin CEO cited for cutting trees along the Potomac - The Washington Post

Trees Cut To Improve View - Man May Go To Prison - tribunedigital-orlandosentinel

 

[zing]

Another genius:

Illegal tree-cutting could prompt hefty fine | The Columbian


Followup article:
Tree-cutting triggers $28K in fines from Vancouver | The Columbian

Bruce

lol at him trying to say he was pruning the trees now. "Patterson has appealed the penalty. He has previously accepted responsibility for the cutting, but in his appeal, Patterson argued that no trees have been removed or killed and all trees will regrow as they have since the last pruning. "


No your honor, I didn't kill that man. I just reconfigured his life expectancy.

 

[alchemysa]

Maybe he thought no-one would notice....

Holiday homeowner upsets locals by bulldozing through 50ft sand dune to get a better view | Daily Mail Online

 

[4570Man]

They value their trees at over $45,000 each, but still nail signs on them. Brilliant idea.