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Hand tools are great for gettingexercise and removing easternredcedar in small areas.Hydraulic clippers workwell on all but very smalleastern redcedar. They area good follow-up treatmentto a prescribed fire.Chainsaws perform well on all sizesof eastern redcedar, and like handtools, they are great for getting exerciseand clearing eastern redcedar off smallacreages.Ground anchorchains makequick work oflarge easternredcedar, but arevery expensive.Elevated anchor chains (ball and chain) are the mosteffective and economical method for eradicatinglarge eastern redcedar.Bulldozers take out any size eastern redcedar,but it is the most expensive tool to useand causes severe soil disturbance, as well asdamageto nativegrasses.Hydraulic saws workwell and are very faston medium- to largesizetrees. They do agood job following aprescribed fire.

Control ofEasternRedcedarL-3192 of 3Prescribed fire is a maintenance and restorationtool. It is the best option economically andecologically. If prescribed fire is periodicallyused, eastern redcedar and other woody plantsare easily managed. Eastern redcedar becomesirrelevant with the use of prescribed fire.For more information, contact the OklahomaDepartment of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry- Forestry Service at 405.521.3864 or any ofthe other participating agencies.Printed with the assistance of HazardMitigation Grant #02-DG-11083140-05Afrom the National Fire Plan.These institutions are equal opportunityproviders.Oklahoma State University, in compliance with Title VI and VII of the CivilRights Act of 1964, Executive Order 11246 as amended, Title IX of theEducation Amendments of 1972, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990,and other federal laws and regulations, does not discriminate on the basis ofrace, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, or status as a veteranin any of its policies, practices, or procedures. This includes but is not limitedto admissions, employment, financial aid, and educational services.Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, acts of May 8 andJune 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture,Samuel E. Curl, Director of Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma StateUniversity, Stillwater, Oklahoma. This publication is printed and issuedby Oklahoma State University as authorized by the Dean of the Divisionof Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources and has been prepared anddistributed at a cost of $6,186.48 for 150,000 copies. #6809 0304 JA.Prescribed fires are one way to control eastern redcedar.Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,Food, and Forestry - Forestry ServiceUnited States Department of Agriculture- Forestry ServiceOklahoma Cooperative Extension ServiceOklahoma Department of Wildlife ConservationNatural Resources Conservation Service