Over 500 students and staff at the University of Iowa and members in the Iowa City community came together to plant 2,000 ...

After the derecho, Cedar Rapids lost almost 3/4th of its tree canopy. 6 Years later, efforts are being made to restore the ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Cedar Rapids residents living on or near Garden Drive SE will tell you the street is well-named. One of the most striking gardens there, filled with tall, brightly colored native plants ...

DES MOINES - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig and other state leaders gathered at the Iowa State Fairgrounds today to plant Iowa’s official America250 tree. The event is part ...

The public is invited to the next Prairie Rapids Audubon Society meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the lower level of the First ...

Michelle Beisker is CEO of Trees Forever in Marion. Once upon a time, Iowa’s landscape was lush with trees. Central Iowa alone boasted a 20% tree canopy: a vital green infrastructure that shaded our ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - On the University of Iowa’s Oakdale campus in Coralville, you’ll find a rare mature American chestnut tree. Campus arborist Andy Dahl has made trees his life’s work — ...

To properly manage a tree, you need to know what species it is. Plus, tree identification is a lot of fun. Knowing a tree’s species is key to understanding their proper growing conditions, how to ...

Spring arrived around 10 a.m. on Friday, March 20. After teasing us with the 60-70 degree days we enjoyed early in the month, it treated us to quite a storm to start the week. We needed that snow. In ...

Following multiple requests from Iowa City’s west side neighborhood members, the Iowa City Parks and Forestry staff will plant 175 trees in neighborhoods in the area this spring. The decision comes ...