“If I lose them, then I’ve lost it all because all my trees are gone ... on these more heavily alligator juniper-infested areas.” So far, the diebacks in Arizona have mainly affected juniper ...

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 ...

High above the Mesilla Valley in the middle elevations of the Organ Mountains are some of the most fascinating and long-lived trees in the Southwest. Alligator junipers, so-named because of their ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Several dozen ancient alligator juniper trees have been illegally cut ... northwestern New Mexico and in north-central Arizona near Flagstaff. The species also extends ...