In its ongoing effort to support the health and diversity of its tree habitat, the University of Iowa will plant a Miyawaki ...

Spring has sprung here in northern Iowa. In our local forests, the brave trilliums have pushed their blossoms up and out, ...

South of Madison, Wisc., a few miles north of the Illinois border, there is the halfway tree, a large oak tree. At one time there was an Indian trail that connected the Mississippi River with Lake ...

Morel mushrooms are another sign of springtime and hunters are ready to take to Iowa's woods in hopes of finding these ...

CEDAR FALLS — The University of Northern Iowa was honored with a forestry award for its commitment to tree management. It ...

Check out these choices to beautify your yard and increase property values. There’s a reason Arbor Day is celebrated in ...

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s census data, Iowa has lost nearly 10,000 farms, marking a 10.1 percent ...

Trees not only have a dominant presence on the planet (some currently in existence have been around for over 2,000 years), ...

The courtship antics of the American woodcock are one of the Iowa woodland’s most remarkable spring rituals. The prelude to these daily performances begins as solitary males – also known as ...

Ledges State Park near Madrid isn’t just another patch of Midwestern greenery – it’s Iowa’s geological rebel, a place where ...

This 1,200-acre wonderland has been hiding in plain sight since becoming one of Iowa’s first state parks in the 1920s, yet ...

I was lying in bed, staring at the ceiling of my college dorm, sleepless, restless, heart pounding. And the realization struck me with full force: I am not safe here. It is not just the law. It is the ...