On the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management's Magnificent Trees Registry, it’s listed simply as “Tree 4126.” But the enormous alligator juniper has a history that transcends its drab ...

Across Southwest Colorado, juniper trees may look like they're dying, but local foresters say the situation is a lot more complicated - and puzzling - than meets the eye. "It's very strange," said ...

Old-growth juniper trees are a symbol of the American West. Their ancient and gnarled trunks and branches twist into haunting shapes immortalized in photos by Ansel Adams. East of Bend, in the Oregon ...

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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 ...

PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Ochoco National Forest announced Thursday that it has begun juniper thinning on the Crooked River National Grassland as part of a broader effort to reduce wildfire risk ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — For as long as people have lived in Central Texas, Ashe Juniper has been making them miserable. Though not technically cedar, Ashe Juniper trees have been referred to as cedar since ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Several dozen ancient alligator juniper trees have been illegally cut down at El Malpais National Monument in western New Mexico and authorities with the National Park Service ...

First thing to know about mountain cedar: they technically aren’t cedar trees at all. What we call “cedar trees” are a type of juniper tree -- specifically Ashe juniper -- named after William Willard ...

This time of year, national forests in Colorado open up portions of the land for harvesting Christmas trees. But one conservation group in southern Colorado is encouraging something a little different ...

Steve Kenyon stood next to the multi-pronged, shaggy barked stump of a juniper tree. The tree had clearly been cut down with a chainsaw not long ago, its branches scattered nearby. From where he stood ...