Sept : 2026 Nature Award : - The Infamous Cedar
The 2026 Best of Nature award goes to : the Ashe Juniper. This ‘Rodney Dangerfield’ tree gets No Respect in the Hill Country…except from the Golden-Cheeked Warblers and other songbirds. Grab a refreshing drink, delicious sandwich and other goodies as we present McGreevy’s myth busting book - Wanted! Mountain Cedars Dead and Alive.
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Extremely comprehensive list of references supporting materials in E. McGreevy's book
https://www.projectbedrocktx.org/our-work/karst-country-library
The War on Cedar, J Patoski, TX Monthly, 1997
An oft-quoted article but actually shows both the good and bad side of cedar
https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/the-war-on-cedar
Great alternatives to ... or starting places for ... 500+ page book
Ashe Juniper Reference, Lisa O’Donnell
Overviews myths from book
https://nwaca.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AsheJuniperReferenceDocument.pdf
Rethinking MC, Christine Middleton, HELM
Concisely ties together many of book's points
https://www.beautifulhayscounty.org/hays-humm/helm-networknews
Historical Ecology of the Texas Hill Country, Lisa O'Donnell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSNqoUDDOEY
Holistic perspective on juniper, Steve Nelle
Biology and ecology of Ashe juniper, F. E. Smeins and S. D. Fuhlendorf
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