tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439803544142853007.post1405521792694504189..comments2024-03-28T13:22:29.572-05:00Comments on Durango Texas: Godfather Don Young Leads Three Generations Harvesting Christmas Trees From Fort Worth's Tandy Hills Nature PreserveDurangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10231271044296466883noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439803544142853007.post-48910219206980883792011-12-27T13:45:17.526-06:002011-12-27T13:45:17.526-06:00FYI--Nowhere in my FB post do I say the tree came ...FYI--Nowhere in my FB post do I say the tree came from Tandy Hills Natural Area. In fact, it came from private property adjacent to the park. Short-lived trees like Junipers, Ash and Privet are the main plants that are taking over the grasslands. During Brush Bash we remove many of them but we never remove Oaks, Elms or other long life trees and certainly not Yucca or any other native non-woody species. The guy on FB doesn't want ANYTHING removed but experts agree that unless we remove the trash trees there will be no prairie left at Tandy Hills.Don Youngnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439803544142853007.post-51979885328469285802011-12-26T23:02:13.280-06:002011-12-26T23:02:13.280-06:00Hmmm. Those pesky junipers ARE a prairie bane and ...Hmmm. Those pesky junipers ARE a prairie bane and much time & effort is spent removing them. Yeah, yeah, it is a hard explanation. Trees are good unless on a prairie. Folk are brainwashed that all trees, any trees are good. Not so.<br />Still, the spectacle of actually cutting one of these invasive species is problematic. Even by the Godfather.<br />It gives the impression one is free to remove, destroy, destruct parklands according to one's point of view.<br />Not good. Not good. Thumbs down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439803544142853007.post-58422480238556897542011-12-26T13:59:24.816-06:002011-12-26T13:59:24.816-06:00Yea. How does this tree cutting for personal use f...Yea. How does this tree cutting for personal use from a publicly owned property work? I've seen and my kids have suggested at various times that "we should act like people living up north and out in the country--go to tandy hills and cut us down a fresh Christmas tree. Please!!" I've been tempted but was afraid good citizens like Mr. Young would call the one or more city law enforcement authorities with likely result being that we spend our holiday in legal and financial bind. <br /><br />Plus, we don't have the added security of having powerful friends in city hall, on City Council (Kathleen Hicks), in the Texas Legislature (Lon Burnam), or working with the local newspapers. This is Fort Worth and Tarrant county, after all. So Wal-mart and Home Depot are our "natural areas".99%-ernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439803544142853007.post-8614606066430753972011-12-26T03:07:54.784-06:002011-12-26T03:07:54.784-06:00It does seem oddly serendipitous that a critical m...It does seem oddly serendipitous that a critical mass of encroaching junipers was reached right when Mr. Young's holiday ritual would most benefit from a free evergreen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com