I think your post contains a couple of "urban myths", or perhaps "rural
myths".

"Lil' Dave" wrote:
Winning the fight against the prolific juniper trees here. Now the oaks
can
have some water. No, they're not cedar trees,

Correct, they are probably Ashe juniper trees.

although I do have some cedar on the property.

Oh, I doubt it, unless you or a previous owner planted them. Perhaps you
have some other species of juniper trees on the property?

For awhile, cutting of junipers was banned here due to this bird. But
they're still around.

I am aware that the endangered golden-cheeked warbler requires old-growth
stands of Ashe juniper to use the bark as nest building material. However,
I am not aware of any all-out ban on the cutting of Ashe junipers in central
Texas. Was this some rule in your neighborhood?

I have murdered several hundreds, if not thousands, of Ashe juniper trees.
However, I don't hate them. For an alternative perspective on the Ashe
juniper, see "Untwisting the Cedar, the myths & culture of the Ashe juniper
tree" at: http://members.toast.net/juniper/

Unfortunately the website uses frames rather than hyperlinks, so I can't
specify a link directly to the article.

Come to think of it, a screen of female Ashe juniper trees might be a good
solution to your landscape challenge.

jjhnsn