Re: Farmers levelled centuries-old oaks Aug 27 2004

From: Martin (mart_at_marts.com)
Date: 08/29/04 

Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 11:44:27 +0100

On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 10:16:27 GMT, "Unicorn" <SomeOne@Somewhere.net>
wrote:

>On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 09:31:13 +0100, Professor Ludwig <conservation@berlin-fin.de> wrote:
>
>>Farmers levelled centuries-old oaks Aug 27 2004
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>By John Hall, Daily Post
>>
>>
>>A NORTH Wales farmer knocked down centuries-old oak trees and uprooted
>>a historic hedge, despite warnings he was breaking the law.
>>
>>Yesterday Anthony Parry avoided a £6,000-plus legal bill, when
>>magistrates told him he only had to pay a fraction of the cost of
>>taking him to court.
>>
>>Their solicitor said Parry and his son did it to improve drainage on a
>>flooded field.
>>
>>"These are not rural vandals," he said. "They accept their
>>responsibility for maintaining the countryside and genuinely thought
>>they were doing the right thing.
>>
>>"It is a matter of pride to improve their land. There was no need for
>>all the expense of a prosecution."
>>
>>The 67-year-old, of Willow Court Bungalow, Wallington Lane,
>>Worthen-bury and Nigel Parry, 35, of Poplar Farm, Worthenbury,
>>admitted felling trees without a licence and removing a hedgerow, an
>>offence under a law passed in 1997.
>>
>>Yesterday they were told to pay just £300 towards the £6,278 the
>>Environment Agency claimed for taking the pair to court.
>>
>>Magistrates at Wrexham fined Mr Parry £600 and gave his son a
>>conditional discharge without costs.
>>
>>David Potter, prosecuting for the Department of Environment, Food and
>>Rural Affairs, said a council worker, acting on a tip-off, saw what
>>was going on.
>>
>>Defra sent a warning letter to the farm with a leaflet explaining the
>>law but within days the damage had been done. The son, working on his
>>father's orders, used a JCB to push down six oaks and an ash tree,
>>tore the hedge out and cut up the wood for logs.
>>
>>Mr Potter added the trees had stood on that land for centuries. The
>>100m of hedge, chiefly hawthorn and black thorn, was marked on an old
>>tithe map of 1838, forming an important part of the rural landscape.
>>
>>The owners should have had a forestry commission felling licence and
>>should also have gone to the local council explaining why they needed
>>to take the hedge away.
>>
>>Christopher Williams, defending, gave the court before-and-after
>>photo-graphs, which he said showed how the land had been improved.
>>
>>He said Anthony Parry, who farmed 500 acres in partnership with his
>>wife and two sons, maintained five miles of hedgerows, spent £5,000 on
>>improvements and had a £2,000 scheme for planting new trees.
>>
>>He had bought the land at auction five years ago and set about gradual
>>improvement.
>>
>>He cleaned ditches nearly 1,000 metres long, which dried out a public
>>footpath that was previously muddy and often unusable.
>>
>>He then decided to drain a marshy area, which was too soft for modern
>>machinery.
>>
>>"They decided to apply modern husbandry standards and regrettably had
>>to remove the trees," he added..
>>
>>If only council officers had gone to the farm and talked about it
>>while the work was going on, some trees and part of the hedge might
>>have been saved.
>>
>>Instead they sent a warning letter that was not received.
>>

>Gee Professor, thanks .

It was very good wasn't it.

>
>This constant barrage from the feeble minded about 500 year old trees, old
>growth forests and fucking hedges is really pissing me off, but then that
>was the intention was it not. To post as you did your are only a feeble
>minded troll, and I must be feeble minded to reply

Your lack of concern for your own living space makes you incredibly
feeble minded, and a troll no doubt. I wonder when the professor will
work on you?

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