Redwood Burl Theft

[Jon Nuckles]

Apparently there are meth addicts stealing burls from giant redwoods and even cutting down a tree to get to a burl in one instance. Here is a link (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/09/us/poachers-attack-beloved-elders-of-california-its-redwoods.html?hp&_r=0#)to the story on the New York Times. I don't know how a buyer can be sure he or she is not supporting this practice, but if anyone does please chime in.

[Jamie Buxton]

It makes me feel sick to read about that sort of stuff. Taking a chainsaw to a thousand-year old tree!

[Robert Speier]

Interesting article but why are they cutting up the burls, for what purpose?

[Jay Jolliffe]

They sell them...

[al wolford]

Rockler has come up with a source of redwood burl that has a very interesting back-story http://www.rockler.com/redwood-burl-slab-r2005 and I can attest to the fact that they have been very careful to verify the source

[Dan Hintz]

Last I read, they caught the guy who was doing it... they found the burl at a local sawmill and have cleared the sawmill owner of any wrongdoing.

[Steve Busey]

Last I read, they caught the guy who was doing it... they found the burl at a local sawmill and have cleared the sawmill owner of any wrongdoing.

http://www.nps.gov/redw/parknews/arrest-made-in-burl-poaching-case.htm