I've never heard that trees in other areas other than the levee are an issue. The trees on the levee are the problems. The best action is to ensure no trees grown on your levee.

Once they have grown, they can blow down causing huge levee breeches.

Also, as they grow bigger, they make more prolific root systems so when the tree dies (or gets cut down?) then the roots will die also and leave spaces in the levee soil which can degrade your levee's strength. However, I don't know if you should cut a large tree once it is established.

There will be other opinions shortly with more information than I've learned.

Dan


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