S&S Aqua Logging “We dont need no stinking permits”
I liked watching these guys because it was almost like a comedy show on how they operated. I guess it’s no surprise that they didn’t have the proper permitting. They have a donations button on there website for their legal fund. I won’t donate, everyone knows you need permits/licenses to do business. Next thing you will see is the IRS wondering where their cut is. GG for the DNR officials that watched the show to crack the case… I see there were on top of their stuff….
On Fri Mar 13 2009 Washington state’s Department of Natural Resources seized more than two dozen logs it says were illegally salvaged by a timber crew featured on the History Channel’s reality show “Ax Men.”
DNR officers served a search warrant on S&S Aqua Logging to retrieve timber the company had pulled from the Hoquiam River without a permit, said Larry Raedel, the agency’s chief enforcement officer.
Jimmy Smith, who owns and operates S&S Aqua Logging, said on the show that the logs were worth about $10,000, according to search warrant records.
“These are valuable materials that belong to the public and this looks like theft, plain and simple,They are part of the functioning ecosystem, so removing the log would be like removing part of the bed,” state Public Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark said.
Logs provide a key function for rivers in trapping sediment, harboring insects and other food for fish, and creating pools and riffles where fish can rest, said Greg Hueckel, fish and wildlife habitat programs director.
Hueckel said his agency typically grants permits to remove logs in situations where flooding causes log jams. It’s unlikely that a permit would be granted for timber harvest, he said.