sorry about your drought
it's been dry here in Ontario as well.
we had some freak warm spells last winter and that led to problems on our fruit trees
i need to hire a tree surgeon to cut back the top of some of my ash trees
they caught ash anthracnose and have died off at the top.
it's a natural occurrence in the forest but when they tower over your buildings it becomes a bid deal.
until i googled that map, i don't recall ever seeing an image of a "forest" from Texas.
in those cowboy movies mostly it looks like a desert or scrub.
in the USA who is responsible for forest management the state or the federal government