Julio,

Contact Jim Rooni 512-451-2178 at the Texas Forest Service in
Austin and also the local Ag Extension agent Ronald Leps
512-943-3300(who happens to sit in the same building as the head of
Williamson County Road and Bridge) in addition to your county
commissioner (certified letters to the latter 2 work well). The county
did the same to us a couple of years ago. Did you notice they also
didn't seal any of the cuts they made? Nor did they sterilize their
equipment in between cuts.

Jim said the county was setting us back 100's of years in terms of oak
wilt by using the equipment and methods that they do. Ours was not the
first time they have been warned - if enough folks complain maybe we
can finally put a stop to this.

MKC

JulioF wrote:
Yesterday, a county work crew came down our small country road
unannounced
and began grinding off the overhanging trees.

So tell me - when can I expect to see the county back out here to
clean-up
the wood chips which are sitting in my front yard? The crew aimed
their
chipper exhaust directly at my property, and there's a mess out
there.
And when will they be back with a hydraulic bucket and have those
tree
limbs properly cut and sealed against infestation?

Or, is this simply another example of Texans being "Texans"?

Thanks for the info. Will do!

wrote:

Julio,

Contact Jim Rooni 512-451-2178 at the Texas Forest Service in
Austin and also the local Ag Extension agent Ronald Leps
512-943-3300(who happens to sit in the same building as the head of
Williamson County Road and Bridge) in addition to your county
commissioner (certified letters to the latter 2 work well). The county
did the same to us a couple of years ago. Did you notice they also
didn't seal any of the cuts they made? Nor did they sterilize their
equipment in between cuts.

Jim said the county was setting us back 100's of years in terms of oak
wilt by using the equipment and methods that they do. Ours was not the
first time they have been warned - if enough folks complain maybe we
can finally put a stop to this.

MKC


Are you sure it's "County?" Maybe it's the developer of some nearby
spot they are trying to sell.

wrote:


Jim said the county was setting us back 100's of years in terms of oak
wilt by using the equipment and methods that they do. Ours was not the
first time they have been warned - if enough folks complain maybe we
can finally put a stop to this.

In Texas that works better than voting. Look at what happened when the
mowing crews mowed the blue bonnets. Look what happened when Lady Bird
Johnson started attacking the billboards. You could actually see the
countryside for awhile. Now you see all the new billboards saying 'look
at me'. Won't be long and you won't know there are any trees in Texas
or even crops. They will all be hidden by advertising signs again.




Harold