by Larry Swan, USDA Forest Service, Winema National Forest
from the Western Juniper Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 2, Winter 1998. 

One of the biggest barriers to commercial use of western juniper is harvest costs. Among factors contributing to high costs are numerous and large limbs, significantly less volume per acre than current commercial species, rocky terrain, and primitive road systems.

by Scott Leavengood, OSU Extension Service
from the Western Juniper Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 1, Summer 1997.

by Scott Leavengood, OSU Extension Service
from the Western Juniper Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 2, Winter 1998. 

Brent McGregor, Rocky Mountain Timber Products, Sisters, Oregon: A Style All His Own

from the Western Juniper Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 1, Summer 1997.

by Clint Jacks, OSU Extension Service
from the Western Juniper Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 2, Winter 1998.

from the Western Juniper Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 1, Summer 1997. 

Western Juniper Forum '97: Making Progress

from the Western Juniper Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 1, Summer 1997. 

by Larry Swan, USDA Forest Service, Winema National Forest
from the Western Juniper Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 1, Summer 1997.

A painter recently reported a problem with a polyurethane product used to finish western junipervstair tread in a custom-built, multi-million dollar home in Walla Walla, WA. The juniper wasvkiln-dried (MC<14%), resawn, book-matched, and predominantly heartwood.

by Tim DeBoodt, OSU Extension Service
from the Western Juniper Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 1, Summer 1997. 

by Larry Swan, USDA Forest Service, Winema National Forest
from the Western Juniper Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 1, Summer 1997.