The Iowa Wildlife Federation promotes the national program, which helps people certify their yards and other outdoor spaces ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As part of this week’s Earth Day activities, Iowa-based Trees Forever is holding tree-planting events all over the state, including at an event tomorrow in Waterloo. Erin Carpenter, the group’s field ...