Camping neighbor destroying trees?
I'm at a Michigan state park and the people in the site across from me have decided to harvest their firewood from the decorative trees on their site. This is despite several places on the road into t...
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GordonThree wrote:Actually, cutting live trees is a crime, and should be reported. That is what 911 is for. The 911 operators are more than capable of prioritizing calls and will alert the proper authorities.edatlanta wrote:
I have to disagree with a previous post about calling 911. 911 is for emergencies and while cutting wood illegally isn't right and I don't like it either, it isn't an emergency.
I agree, calling the police / 911 about someone defacing trees is a waste of resources. I will mention it to the rangers.
You need to remember that the overwhelming odds are the area where this occurred is very rural. It isn't like you are calling the operations center for a major city. The 911 operators in the area are not juggling several murders, dozens of assaults and hundreds of property crimes at any given moment.
While it might not seem a significant event to you, randomly cutting branches to a tree might lead to the death of that tree. Do it to all the trees around a site and eventually that beautiful site in the trees is a barren parking spot. Damaging or destroying a tree is serious and if there isn't a park employee or ranger nearby, calling the police is the next step.
