Lawmakers enacted a program to remove eastern redcedars and other “harmful woody species” from parts of northwestern Oklahoma back in 2023. This year’s House Bill 2162 would expand that program to other parts of the state.
Redcedars are native to Oklahoma but have spread wildly beyond their established ecosystem niches, slurping water and providing fire fuel in the driest parts of the state.
House Speaker Kyle Hilbert says he’s giving the trees more thought after this month’s fires…