[nuke rocketeer]

My great grandparents took pictures of the area in West Texas they settled in in 1904 in the 1920's. there still were few if any mesquite trees then and the only other trees were native pecans and coottonwoods along the few running creek banks.

Mexican cattle poop planted the mesquite trees.

[null and void]

Mexican cattle poop planted the mesquite trees.

I'm calling BS on that one...

[Eldon Tyrell]

Well then - you guys would get a kick out of the “environmentalists” - “protecting” the natural state of areas in California.

They are desertified now - due to overlogging for the silver industry. What were pine forests are now desert.

And the left - passes laws - to keep it in its “natural state” of desert.

Stupid is as stupid does.

[Texas Fossil]

After killing off the buffalo, they killed off the Prairie Dogs, the mesquites began to take hold. Before that the prairie dogs chewed off each small young tree.

I am old enough to remember some large dog towns near by on Flat Top Mountain.

Was not too bad when there was a house on every 1/4 section. Plowed fields assured no Mesquites.

Now the homes are 4 miles apart. Many farmers work 1-3,000 acres. Some 10-12K acres.

The CRP land is gradually turning mesquite, which is hard to kill once established. Tree plowing ground is very expensive and leaves the ground very rough.