After seeing Ax Men on the History Channel agents from the Washington State Department of Natural Resources obtained a search warrant and seized more than two dozen logs from S & S Aqua Logging in Aberdeen.

The company and its owner, Jimmy Smith were featured on the program. At one point, during the program, Smith is shown floating down a river scanning for logs. Smith told the nationwide TV audience that the logs were worth $10,000. But what he didn’t tell the History Channel was that he did not have a permit to take the logs.

Peter Goldmark, Washington Public Land Commissioner, says that taking the logs without a permit is illegal. The logs serve a valuable purpose, according to Greg Hueckel, fish and wildlife habitat programs director, they “provide a key function for rivers in trapping sediment, harboring insects and other food for fish, and creating pools and riffles where fish can rest.”

During the program Smith said, “We’re normal guys that do extraordinary things.” Well he may be doing extraordinary thing, may he may be doing them in the local pokey.