An Eldee man has been fined $4,000 for an offence under the Crown Forest Sustainability Act. Brandon Illerbrun pleaded guilty to unlawfully removing Crown wood from a forestry operation on Crown land. In addition to the fine, Illerbrun was given two years of probation.
In November 2014, an employee of a local forestry company saw Illerbrun at a logging operation in Poitras Township. Illerbrun was cutting and removing wood from a pile that was harvested by the forestry company, but he didn’t have permission to remove the wood.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry wants to remind the public Crown wood can only be removed from a Crown forest with a fuel wood permit issued by the ministry.
