Cedar Removal Texas Hill Country

Ashe juniper — what most people call mountain cedar — is the dominant invasive woody species across the Texas Hill Country. Before European settlement and the suppression of natural fire cycles, Hill Country savanna was open grassland with scattered live oaks. Today, dense cedar thickets cover millions of acres, drinking 30+ gallons of water per mature tree per day, choking out native grasses, fueling wildfires, and sheltering the worst of the deer-tick and pollen problems that come with the species. Strategic cedar removal reverses all of that.

We grind cedar in place with forestry mulchers — no burn piles, no haul-off, no scarred ground. The mulch layer suppresses cedar seedlings while native grasses (little bluestem, Indiangrass, sideoats grama) and forbs return. Within a single growing season after clearing, most properties see dramatic improvement in pasture productivity, spring flow, wildlife habitat, and fire safety.

For a deeper look at cedar, oak wilt, and wildfire risk in the Hill Country, read our Hill Country Land Education guide.

We remove Ashe juniper and eastern red cedar across every Hill Country setting: dense cedar breaks on rocky limestone slopes, mature cedar choking live oak groves, scattered cedar regrowth in old pastures, fence-row cedar, and defensible-space cedar around homes. We work residential acreage, working ranches, hunting properties, wildlife-exemption land, HOAs, and church and school grounds.

Free on-site walk-through, flagging of heritage trees to preserve, fixed project quote, and same-week scheduling in most cases. On clearing day, our crew works steadily through the marked area, leaving a clean mulch layer behind. We finish with a walk-through and a simple maintenance plan to keep regrowth controlled long-term.