HALIFAX – Three companies are facing charges for allegedly cutting and damaging trees in a popular Halifax park.
The provincial Environment Department says the charges come after an investigation into tree cutting at Long Lake Provincial Park last November.
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Dexter Construction Co. Ltd., Resourcetec Inc. and Scott and Stewart Forestry Consultants Ltd. have all been charged with violating the Crown Lands Act.
The charges relate to cutting and damaging timber on Crown lands without permission.
The department says penalties can include fines, land remediation and the recovery of double the market value for any wood cut.
The park includes three lakes and 2,095 hectares of natural landscape, with the cutting involving about 3.8 hectares of land.
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