[TapWaterBandit]

Legally, probably. I don't know the laws around environmental protection in that area so there may still have been a violation but it appears he was convicted here for violation of property rights as this is public land. But this whole situation is more about the property rights and how the lake here will be used for recreation rather than ecological concerns if I'm reading correctly.

[justinjlynn]

Boils down to: if they want to make an example out of you, they will find some way to do so.

[topherclay]

What do you mean by this? If they just wanted to make an example out of him then he gave them a very easy way to "find" to do so, considering we are observing it via satellite maps.

[ethanbond]

Oh you know, the big bad government just going after The Small Guy (oddly the one who openly flaunted laws)