LOCAL conservationists have slammed “a paltry fine” imposed on an Inverloch man who cleared 31 mature trees and other native vegetation from his farm.
Darrin Taylor was fined $3800 in the Wonthaggi Court on February 2 for felling protected trees at 170 Toorak Road last May without a Local Laws Permit. He was also ordered to pay $1500 into Bass Coast Shire Council’s Environmental Fund.
Mr Taylor was discharged without conviction on an undertaking not to reoffend for the next 12 months. He was not required to revegetate the cleared land.