With every contract clause, you have to ask “or else what?”
What does the OP’s contract threaten non compliance for skipping the exit interview and failure to update their CV with.
I’ve declined more than one exit interview because frankly, I didn’t like the boss and his toady. Why would I...
1) if the trees were on the applicants property, timber theft did not occur, by definition
2) you apparently only quote an application, we don’t know what the final permit and requirements said
3) wasn’t there public notice prior to starting the project?
Brevity is your friend on legal forums.
Was there a site plan which showed which trees were remaining filed with the county? Whose property were the trees on?