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 ...

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 ...

Juniper is a broad genus that includes everything from large trees up to 30 feet tall to ground-hugging shrubs that spread wide but never get higher than 18 inches. While species like the fast-growing ...

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 ...

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 ...

Editor's note: The story has been updated to reflect Wednesday's Texas House vote to advance HB 2239. The sole survivor of a grove of 14 trees planted half a millennia ago, Treaty Oak was historically ...

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A new study is challenging a long-held assumption that increasing tree densities in the western United States’ once open dry woodlands are largely the result of human activity or recent climate shifts ...

On Tuesday, the Texas Senate Local Government Committee, chaired by Sen. Paul Bettencourt, heard oral public testimony regarding House Bill 2239. Rep. Ellen Troxclair, R-Austin, filed the bill earlier ...

RENO, Nev. – 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, ...