Along with the thefts of metal gates and concrete fence railings we’ve reported recently is the larger problem of thieves taking timber and other forest products from state trust lands. King5-TV reported this weekend on people stripping cedar boughs from trees or cutting down valuable trees for firewood. The theft and destruction affect resources meant to provide non-tax-revenue to public schools, state universities and other beneficiaries of state trust land revenue.
Another problem that DNR law enforcement officers deal with concerns not what people take state trust lands but what they grow on them. The Yakima Herald reported last Friday that two men pleaded guilty in a marijuana growing operation that included 10,450 plants on state trust land near Tampico.
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