Quote Originally Posted by beebobber View Post
I'm pretty sure it is illegal to harvest cypress trees must less use them as a fish habitats. I know you have to own the land where the trees are located in order to harvest them and I think still a permit is needed. I know you can't go into the swamp and cut them down. They don't even want you to cut large cypress knees. We have several cypress trees on our property and I would give someone hell if they touched them. They look awesome growing at the edge of the bank and they are already fish habitats. Maybe you should try the Louisiana Dept. of Forestry?
Actually the SRA has a rule that if you want to cut any tree over 3" dia. you must get permission from them to do so if it's on their lease back. The lease back goes a pretty good ways up from the bank. One the grass this heat we have had lately and no rain, you have to use a lot of water to water it. I pull water off the lake for my watering and it cost like $60 a year to the SRA to use the lake water for that.