This tree is an Iowa native that has few pests or diseases, needs little maintenance and provides shelter for many bird species. In the right place, an eastern red cedar is the perfect tree.

William died in 1949, June passed in 1992, but millions of Red Delicious apple trees live on today worldwide, and the tree’s Iowa heritage has been rightly memorialized in Madison County.

(Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette) A maple tree at Squaw Creek Park is already bright red, while nearby trees are beginning to change from green to yellow on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, in Marion.

Eastern red cedar trees are native to the Plains but have spread out of control without the natural prairie fires that kept them in check centuries ago.

80-year-old oak trees that were just toppled like candy. It's really amazing how far we've come," Chad Kelchen, Iowa DNR, said. Reservations for camp sites at Red Haw will all be online. Reservations ...

Many of Iowa’s trees are struggling in the long-running drought. Joe Herring, a district forester with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources in Iowa Falls, says some insects are causing ...

Severe thunderstorms rolled across the Midwest Friday, bringing rounds of damaging wind gusts, torrential rains and even a ...

Davenport city crews are assessing the damage caused by the severe weather event on the evening of Friday, July 11.

A Montgomery County sheriff's deputy who was evacuating a campground became trapped by a fallen tree as a tornado made its path in Red Oak, Iowa on May 21, 2024. (Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office) ...

AMES, Iowa – As the specter of the emerald ash borer continues its seemingly inevitable spread across the state, an Iowa State University professor is working with communities and homeowners to ...

The Director of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources says it is going to take some time to clean up the damage to the Red Haw State Park near Chariton which was hit by a tornado Saturday ...

Peace Tree Brewing is experiencing a revival at an eastern Iowa brewery. Blonde Fatale is on tap at Backpocket Brewing, along with two other classics in the Peace Tree legacy. Backpocket Brewing ...