Around 20 arborists and big-tree-enthusiasts met Friday morning in the historic Senate Chamber at the Old Capitol Museum for a seminar given by Mark Rouw, a longtime volunteer for the Iowa Department ...

A man accused of cutting and stealing more than 50 trees from a public area — including a 175-year-old bur oak — recently lost an appeal of his criminal convictions, according to court records. Jason ...

IOWA CITY — Legend has it, the Reading Tree was built by elves. The mini library appeared within a 16-foot stump of a white pine tree in Iowa City about a month ago, with the hope the mythical elves’ ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - An estimated 2.67 million trees in Iowa forests and another 4.4 million trees in urban canopies were killed or damaged by the 2020 Midwest derecho that swept ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Many people around Eastern Iowa celebrated Earth Day Monday, whether that be cleaning up parks or simply taking time to learn more about what people can do to help the ...

Despite social media rumors circulating during the extreme cold snap, experts say trees are not going to explode — but homeowners should still be prepared for winter-related damage elsewhere. Much ...

Western Iowa is starting to see more widespread cases of trees becoming infested with the emerald ash borer. The first case was discovered in Woodbury County last year and that’s where Lindsay Meylor ...

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 ...

JODI TODD, THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. A TREE KILLING INSECT IS CONFIRMED STATEWIDE. THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP SAYS EMERALD ASH BORER WAS FOUND IN ALL THE STATE’S 99 COUNTIES.