Bend homebuilders are urging the city to remove juniper trees from its list of protected species under the city’s tree code, reasoning that keeping junipers will increase the cost of new homes while ...

SALEM — Juniper removal efforts in Oregon’s high desert would receive $15 million under a bill that’s touted as a way to conserve water while reducing wildfire risks. Under House Bill 3135, the $15 ...

Go out into the Badlands east of Bend and you could find a juniper tree believed to be more than 1,500 years old. Junipers can be hearty survivors, with taproots that plunge deep into the Earth ...