Oh, I believe they were very appreciative. It was said partly tongue-in-cheek, "Cut the Yaupon not the Yo! Pine". They have hundreds of scouts ranging from 5 to 18 using the camp almost continuously throughout the year. Kids are always wanting to cut down plants to whittle or make hiking sticks etc. and this was a way to allow them to and still protect the other less prolific and replenishable plants. I visited that camp several times a year for 14 years and never saw a shortage of Yaupon.
