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Originally Posted by JoshMoRenaud
without committing a crime. Of course, the other possibility is that collecting is done with a sort of "they'll never miss this one little tree" attitude, where one sneaks onto the back-end of some state land and digs up a couple beauties. Technically, this is stealing, so I'm hesitant to go out and do it.
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Good Idea to be hesitant digging a cypress on state land. You do realize it is a protected tree in Florida. If some eco-nutty ranger finds you , you'll be in deep ______. ( you also don't know who else reads this PUBLIC forum)
It's this reason that the laws concerning state and fedaral parks keep getting more and more stringent. That just makes it harder for everyone to really relax and have a good time. and then you go and give bonsai a bad name cause people think they are stolen form a state park.And it is in a state park and without people stealing the trees, they're supposed to be there forever.
Also being as you live in florida, you must see the constant destruction and clearing of the land to make way for new devlopments(homes, shoppong, etc.)
The much better thing is to dig trees from those areas, most times, if you just ask the project manager, he'll(or her) will usually let you dig all you want. Sometimes this will backfire and they'll say something about insurance and liability(which I understand) and tell you to scram. It's for that reason that we have saturday and sunday. Rarly IME have I seen workers on a weekend clearing land.
Then you can have a positive look, instead of stealing a tree, you'll have saved one!
I should also add that this is the best time of year to collect a cypress, cause they should still be dormant and the land clearing is going on full time, taking advantage of this nice weather. Go out to some commercial property that is gonna be cleared soon and dig away . That's my $.02, have fun.
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