EUREKA, CA - The second of two California Redwood burl poachers has now been sentenced. Danny Garcia must pay $11,178 in restitution and serve 700 hours of community service for vandalizing the giant ...

The poachers with chain saws stalking the Northern California coast aren’t after you or your pets. They just want your burls. Burls are knobby tree growths that, when cut open, display delicate swirls ...

Wildlife biologist Terry Hines stands next to a massive scar where a burl has been cut by poachers from an old growth redwood tree in the Redwood National and State Parks near Klamath, Calif., in May ...

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This May 21, 2013 photo provided by the National Park Service shows wildlife biologist Terry Hines standing next to a massive scar where a burl has been cut by poachers from an old growth redwood tree ...

Authorities say unemployment and drug addiction have spurred an increase in the destructive practice of cutting off the knobby growths at the base of ancient redwood trees to make decorative pieces ...

Two Humboldt County men accused of the unusual crime of lopping burls off old-growth redwood trees have pleaded guilty to vandalism charges. Danny Edward Garcia, 43, and Larry Clinton Morrow, 34, both ...

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 ...

GRANTS PASS, Ore. – 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 redwood ...

California's redwood trees are a national treasure, but the 1,000-year-old trees have had huge gouges hacked into their trunks. It's the work of what are being called "burl poachers," CBS News ...

Authorities say unemployment and drug addiction have spurred an increase in the destructive practice of cutting off the knobby growths at the base of ancient redwood trees to make decorative pieces ...