A YARRABILBA man has been fined for riding a motorbike through a timber reserve at Logan Village with no licence or helmet.
The man was fined $932 for the alleged offences at Wickham Timber Reserve.
It comes after frustrated residents hit out at trailbike riders who they say were cutting fences to ride in the area.
A Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service officer stopped the man on April 2, the Department of Environment and Science said.
He was fined $400 for allegedly riding his bike through the reserve and $266 for allegedly riding a motorcycle without a drivers licence.
The man was also fined $266 for allegedly riding a motorcycle on a timber reserve while not wearing an approved motorcycle helmet.
His bike was initially seized and a formal warning issued for riding an unregistered motorcycle on a timber reserve.
The department said officers took the matter seriously, handing out more than $17,000 in fines in the past 12 months at reserves in the area.
"QPWS rangers have zero tolerance for this type of illegal and unsafe activity on these reserves and are empowered to seize vehicles they suspect are being used to traverse a state forest or timber reserve without authority," the department said,
QPWS State Compliance Manager Michael Devery said this type of behaviour has prompted the department to remind the public they will be fined if caught doing the wrong thing.
"Our rangers are undertaking dedicated and targeted patrols of these reserves and surrounding parks to ensure people are adhering to the rules and regulations," Mr Devery said.
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