>>971035That's a really bad idea. Thick groves of junipers retard the growth of plants like grass that actually DO stabilize soil. In areas where the juniper count goes from very few to whole lots erosion tends to get worse.
>>971016>>970985Under historical/natural fire cycles junipers tend to stay confined to steep hillsides and along streams. Suppress fire, and they spread like crazy and choke out all the other vegetation. Then, when it does eventually burn, instead of the fire just scorching off dead vegetation, it burns the entire landscape right down to the bare rock.
The only places where they naturally form stands/woodlands are spots in the Great Basin with a lot of terrain.
