Late last fall, about 20 federal scientists toured southeastern Utah, prodding sickly and dead juniper trees, peeling back bark, snapping off branches and digging the dirt around root collars in ...

In Utah, such projects ... Juniper rarely exceeds 30 feet in height and is easily identified by its fibrous, peeling bark. Pinyon, which can grow 56 feet tall, produces pine nuts prized by wildlife.

Utah has no confirmed cases of EAB to date, but the state has had other invasive bugs in the past "and it takes a huge effort and expense to eradicate the creatures,” State Entomologist Kris ...