This combined with the cold snap in December 2000 meant it was possible to complete the eradication program with a minimum tree cutting. If the Department was serious about eradication, conditions were perfect in December 2000. The Department chose to ignore the Mother Nature's helping hand and shut down the program in the last week of December 2000. It preferred to gamble on a quick reversal of the Broward Court case. It knows that most of the expense of the clear cutting will come from the Federal Government.
Problem is they left a lot of positive trees behind, so the canker continued to spread.
The Commissioner Deputy, Mr. Meyer isn't worried about the remaining 6,000 infected trees in the quarantine area. Predictably, many resisents were upset. These trees were in the wrong place at the wrong time. If the Department wins, this will not be a Citrus Canker Eradication Program. There will be a Citrus Tree Eradication Program.