Blog Category - Lake Home Maintenance

Sep 29, 2026 • 6 min read

Can You Cut Down Trees on Army Corps Land at Lake Texoma?

No — in almost every case, you cannot legally cut down trees, clear brush, or otherwise modify vegetation on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) land at Lake Texoma without a written Shoreline Use Permit from the Corps' Tulsa District. A meaningful strip of what looks like a lakefront backyard is often not part of the private lot at all — it is federally owned land governed by the lake's Shoreli