Chinese Elm and Velvet Ash trees are both popular, shade-producing varieties that begin leaf growth as winter winds down. Utah Juniper is a short, shrub-like tree that is also common in the arid ...

The Manti–La Sal National Forest stretches from central Utah ... juniper woodlands that are critical habitat for their survival. Without pinyon jays, it’s unclear if the piñon pine tree ...

The Maze District of Canyonlands National Park is around 30-square miles of rugged, remote red-rock canyon, twisted into a ...

Juniper campground is close to the Rim trailhead ... This is tucked away despite being right in town, and you will be shaded by trees next to a stream that keeps things cool.

Recently, I was camping alone in Utah, at the base of a canyon near ... through grasslands and between buttes to a cluster of juniper trees. Bring a tent and find a primitive site either in ...

Pinyon pines cover 37 million acres in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. Individual cones average ... common genus of conifer in North America. Juniper berries (modified cones produced by the ...

A 49-year-old man died after a tree-cutting accident in which part of the tree fell on him, leaving him hanging 30 feet in ...

Discover the oldest trees in the world, their ages, locations, and unique survival traits. Explore ancient giants like Pando, ...

where juniper trees have increasingly dominated the landscape over the past two centuries. Our journalism needs your support. Please become a subscriber today at The Bulletin, www.bendbulletin.com ...

Though juniper is a native Western species, fire suppression and other factors have caused the trees to behave like invasive weeds since European settlement of the West. Each tree consumes between ...

The national monument sits on the Colorado Plateau that is also home to the Grand Canyon and several Utah national parks. Colorado National Monument’s early champion, John Otto, knew this land ...