California Couple Bulldoze 36 Iconic Joshua Trees, Receive $18,000 Fine

Source: Alyssa Lukpat, newyorktimes.com, July 04, 2021

The couple, live in nearby Riverside County, just north of Joshua Tree National Park.

A California couple who mowed down 36 protected Joshua trees to clear their land for a new house have been fined $18,000, a punishment the authorities hope will discourage others from uprooting the iconic desert plants.

A nearby landowner reported seeing Jeffrey Walter and Jonetta Nordberg-Walter bulldoze the land and bury the trees in a hole in February, the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement on Tuesday.

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