A quick update on that cedar bill
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 by Elizabeth Pagano
House Bill 2239, which would have allowed unchecked residential removal of Ashe junipers, failed to get a final vote in the state Senate, much to the relief of the endangered golden-cheeked warbler and its advocates. The bill, which was sponsored by Republican Rep. Ellen Troxclair of Austin and opposed by the Audubon Society, would have threatened the only nesting habitat for the bird by preventing local regulation of Ashe juniper removal.
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