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We at People Against Cedars have received many comments regarding our mission to reduce the overpopulation of mountain cedar. The great majority of correspondence has been very encouraging. We have received some points of clarification that I am incorporating into this web site. Thank you for being so constructive in your feedback.
We are continually looking for additional information regarding mountain cedar. Please send your feedback to information@peopleagainstcedars.com .
The following are some of the points made by readers of this site:
- From a sufferer..... “My son and I are miserable right now due to the Cedar pollen. Every year at this time it's the same. He misses school and I go through life in a daze. My idea is to promote awareness and action by popularizing "Replace a Cedar" day. I'd like to hear your opinion on this. We've got to do something. "Replace a Cedar" day would be a day where central Texans are encouraged to replace one or more Cedar trees with another tree as long as it is native to this region. Every cedar that is cut down must be replaced by at least one tree.” ....Marianne S.
- “I was involved in forming the present Albuquerque pollen control ordinance, and in fact, it does not ban all cedar (Juniper) trees at all....but DOES ban the planting of male cedar or juniper trees (and also males of other species as well, since all male trees cause allergies). “ .....Tom O.
- Like it or not, juniper oil and timber are multimillion dollar businesses in Texas.” Scott L. regarding commercial value of harvesting cedars
- “The ranch that we lease in San Saba had a wildfire a few years ago that destroyed about 1,500 acres of cedars. The Parks and Wildlife biologist that we work with up there said that fire had probably added $300 per acre to the valuation.” Bill H. regarding land value improvement after burning cedars
- “I’ve gotten rid of most of the cedars on my residential property...the oaks (that the cedars were crowding) really took off and are becoming much bigger, beautiful trees.” Robert A. regarding residential control of cedars
- “I made a fan filter as described on your web site. It really works. Thank you.” Jaime G. regarding the box fan filter described in the section on allergies
- “Ashe juniper is a tremendous fire hazard. Forest fire experts have visited Austin and as one remarked, " It looks like Oakland before the fire." from Patrick W. regarding the fire hazard presented by cedar overgrowth
Sometimes we get feedback that does such a grand job of expressing frustration over cedar proliferation. One recent input is worth reading to see how impassioned and pointed folks can be about cedar!
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