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The owner of a vast tract of virgin forest land in north-central Norway is in big trouble after chopping down trees on his own property. Newspaper Aftenposten reported Tuesday that the 54-year-old forest owner has been sentenced to six months in jail for chopping down the trees on his land in Flatanger, Nord-Trøndelag. The trees he chopped were in an area that was part of an officially designated nature preserve. An appeals court in Nord-Trøndelag ruled that the forest owner intentionally launched the logging operation, in the hopes that the area would thus lose its nature preserve status. Illegal logging...

Moose hunter shoots "bigfoot" to death (Show Printer-friendly Version) YEAR: 1941SEASON: FallMONTH: NovemberDATE: 16PROVINCE: ManitobaCOUNTRY: CanadaLOCATION DETAILS: Approximately 15 miles west of Gypsumville, just southeast of Basket Lake.NEAREST TOWN: GypsumvilleNEAREST ROAD: #328OBSERVED: This report is submitted by BFRO member, Curt Nelson, and is based on two visits to and many phone conversations with the witness. The body of the report can be seen below.OTHER WITNESSES: NoTIME AND CONDITIONS: Mid dayClear conditionsPatchy snow on the groundENVIRONMENT: Thick bush Follow-up investigation report by BFRO Investigator Curt Nelson: At the beginning of May of 2003 I took a trip into Manitoba to stay...