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Oklahoma lawmakers eye threat from cedars

 
BY MICHAEL MCNUTT    Comment on this article Leave a comment
Published: October 28, 2009

Just in time for Halloween, legislators heard Tuesday about the invasion of the creeping menace: the Eastern red cedar.

The hardy trees take over nearly 300,000 acres of Oklahoma land every year, and a mature tree can soak up as many as 30 gallons of water a day.

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