Illegal Koorlong clearing ‘destroyed’ ecosystem, court told

02/04/2022

Sarah Harman

A FATHER and son who illegally cut 130 trees and cleared more than 8ha of wildlife habitat say they were just trying to clean up their fence lines and didn’t believe they were doing anything wrong. Steven Freckleton, 58, and his son Mikael Freckleton, 35, were convicted in Mildura Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, and will […]

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