The hike is a long way from Oregon’s population centers ... through sagebrush and some of the largest juniper trees I’ve seen. The air smelled delightful, the way only the desert can after ...

The Oregon Badlands is the strangest wilderness in Oregon ... The result is a lonely labyrinth of random lava walls in a sagebrush desert sparsely dotted with juniper trees, some of them 1,000 years ...

NOW, THE WARMER TEMPERATURES WE’VE BEEN SEEING IN RECENT WEEKS CAUSED TREES AND PLANTS TO START BLOOMING EARLIER THAN NORMAL. REMEMBER THIS? THIS IS WHAT IT JUNIPER TREES LOOK LIKE. LAST WEEK IN ...