A new study sheds new light on what is happening in pinyon-juniper woodlands across the West. The research is unique, in that it looks at both tree mortality, as well as recruitment, or new seedlings ...

Juniper is a broad genus that includes everything from large trees up to 30 feet tall to ground-hugging shrubs that spread ...

Junipers are tough plants that can be found growing across the world, including in some of the most desolate areas. There are about 40 species of juniper, 13 of which are native to North America. In ...

They're a classic winter sight — but can you tell different types of conifer trees apart? Here's what distinguishes fir, pine ...

This is the sixth in a series of articles dealing with plants that survive despite what we humans demand of them. These plants I have dubbed "Parking Lot Plants." So far I have written about Daylilies ...

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management logged juniper trees and mowed grass and shrubs as part of a 622-acre juniper-thinning project near Crooked River Ranch in 2022. Old-growth juniper trees are a ...

To the editor: Those who choose to ignore history will one day have to relive it. The proposal for Nevada and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to tear out juniper and pinyon pine forests to make ...

COLLEGE STATION – It’s been a tough 2017 so far for juniper and cypress varieties used in landscapes, as pests and diseases make the rounds, causing blight and tree die-offs. Kevin Ong, Texas A&M ...

Although millions of acres of juniper trees and sagebrush have already been eradicated in the western United States, federal and state land management agencies continue to log and burn these ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The Donnell Fire had already scorched more ...