Are Groves owned by their nearby village?

[Aricitic]

I just got told off for chopping down trees in a grove - technically saplings.

Since when are groves owned? Can I still safely get bark or is that forbidden as well?

[Plotinus]

What matters is where you're standing. If you're in the village, and the tree is in the grove, the villagers tell you off. If you're in the grove and the tree is in the village, they don't.

[Aricitic]

I could have sworn I was some tiles into the Grove - given the trees around me - but I'll assume otherwise.

Thank you.

[Plotinus]

Well, it could be a bug as well.

You can check from msglog.txt. You'll see a line like:

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(143270):16gg:[#]{011D021B}      | Timbercraft option: Fell a tree
{011D021B} is the address of the tile that I was in when I cut that tree down. You can compare it to a nearby line where you're sure in the village, something like

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(000000):66g7:[Y]{00EE01AA}      | You shake the needles from your shoulders and come forward among the people. You are entering a seal-tribe village...

In my case these are completely different days and places, I just searched through my msglog.txt for examples but if you're in a grove next to a village, then it should be only one number different,  like {01230456} for cutting the tree and {01220456} or {01220457}for being in the village, and if they got mad at you in that case then I think it's a bug.