The culprits cut the burls into slabs weighing more than 100 pounds each ... and we've documented other wood poaching in the park," Denny said. "It is our hope that we can stem the tide of ...

She found the slabs in a burl dealer's yard. After matching the wood to pieces left behind at the scarred tree, she seized the slabs. The dealer had paid $1,600 for eight slabs that he was going ...

where poachers have cut off a burl to sell for decorative wood. The park recently took the unusual step of closing at night a 10-mile road through a section of the park to deter thieves.