Pinyon-juniper woodlands host unique wildlife and wildlife habitat, as well as areas for hiking and outdoor recreation. They are also part of a web of healthy ecosystems that, together, help to ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - After extensive tests, Oregon State University has deemed western juniper - an invasive tree that has spread across much of Oregon - viable for commercial wood markets.

Juniper plants and trees are widespread evergreens. Learn how to identify the common juniper by its leaves, ... In North America, most junipers grow in the western United States; ...

Western juniper. By David Lukas . Jan. 11, 2005 12 AM PT . Share via ... gnarled shapes and massive root systems that penetrate rock cracks and allow the trees to survive on sheer rock faces ...

BOISE — Western Juniper trees spreading across rangeland could be turned into a livestock feed ingredient, nutritionist Travis Whitney told the Idaho House Resources and Conservation Committee ...

Removing juniper trees from the western side of Deschutes County, where groundwater levels are deep and the volcanic rock is permeable, may not conserve much water at all, he said.

The West's imperiled sage grouse has a better chance of survival when juniper trees are removed from its habitat, according to new research. June 27, 2025. ... A male great western sage grouse.

Cobb had been in the decking business in the Bay Area, and this juniper decking intrigued him. He looked into the work of the Western Juniper Commercialization Project, an ad-hoc committee formed ...

Today the image is reversed, with those picturesque landscapes often overgrown with the same trees. A legacy of fire suppression has turned western juniper into a “native invasive,” expanding from 1 ...

Bennett Juniper, Stanislaus National Forest, Tuolomne County. About Bennett Juniper: The tree is named after naturalist Clarence Bennett, who began his study of the western juniper in the early 1890s.

PRINEVILLE, Ore. — Removing intrusive Western juniper trees from the landscape is the buzz among researchers, ranchers and government land managers. Cutting juniper can improve greater sage ...