According to a lead spokesperson for the agency, this designation means that the plant will enjoy protection from destruction. The ruling caught most local landowners by surprise.
“They did what!?” asked rancher Peter Stout. “The only good cedar is a dead cedar, preferably smoldering in a pile... right under the mesquite and cat claw.”
When pressed as to why the agency decided to add the vilified tree to the endangered list, the federal spokesman pointed to the severe shortage of the plant in downtown San Francisco, where the cedar is popular in the Japanese horticultural art of bonsai gardening.
Stout remained incredulous. “That worthless tree now has more liberty and freedom than most U.S. citizens! Even its middle name is communis.”
The ruling goes into effect the first of next month.
In other news, local ag supply stores have reported an unseasonally high demand for isopropylamine salt of glyphosate.
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