The Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ January Tree of the Month is the Osage orange. It grows an iconic fruit that’s ...

The new year means new renovations for Bentley Ridge Tree Farm! Jimmy Juergens shares the fun updates coming this year. To ...

After several consecutive dry years, above-average rainfall in 2024 improved drought conditions across the state, according ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is taking applications now for a tree planting program that’s designed to benefit ...

As data centers have proliferated across Iowa, questions are rising as to whether tax breaks are justified for the power- and ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR), through the USDA Forest Service and National Association of State Foresters 2023 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), received funds for disadvantaged schools ...

Plant competition is an instrumental part of natural ecosystems with winners and losers in all cases, but it is really ...

Des Moines metro communities that use Metro Waste Authority for tree disposal include Clive, Johnston, Urbandale, West Des Moines and Windsor Heights. According to MWA, winter collection for these ...

For the past few decades, the trees that grow in the Mississippi River floodplain ... Overall, forest cover along the stretch ...

DES MOINES, Iowa- One Des Moines resident is praising his experience using a sustainable Christmas tree this holiday season.

Trees which grow in consistently wet weather also tend to develop shallow roots, as they don't need to extend deeper in search of water, he added. At the other extreme, drought and dry weather ...

It all starts with the soil,” Neil Diboll says to me. I met Neil in 1990 when I was attending a prairie restorationists’ ...