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Backroads: Witness trees abound in county | Region

If only we could eavesdrop. Dotted throughout the county are still-standing trees, some hundreds of years old, proudly serving as silent bystanders to the important events taking place under their branches — what foresters call “witness trees.” Trees, especially substantial hardwoods, were scarce on the blackland prairie; so, a sturdy oak along a creek line was a rare and pleasant discovery and too precious to chop down for homebuilding. Which is why Bell County’s “midwife and godfather” is a tree. In April 1850, Judge Isaac Standefer (1801-1855), Milam County’s chief justice and county commissioner, following legislative action the previous January, ordered an election to organize Bell County to be carved out of a chuck of Milam County.

Don t cut down those dead oak trees just yet

Don t cut down those dead oak trees just yet

Column by Scott Anderson, Brown County Agrilife Extension Three months after Winter Storm Uri blasted Texas with a week of freezing temperatures, many landowners are concerned the cold weather killed their oak trees. Texas has a wide variety of native oak species, with many prized trees on private and public lands estimated to be hundreds or even thousands of years old. So, landowners were understandably alarmed when other species of trees budded out as normal while oaks remain bare-branched or sparsely leafed. But Texas A&M Forest Service (TFS) experts caution Texans not to throw in the towel yet when it comes to the hardy oaks.

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