CEDAR RAPIDS — Linn County lost up to an estimated 1 million trees in the 2020 derecho, and one Marion nonprofit organization has made a dent in replacing them over the past four years — one tree at a ...

Thousands of trees are being planted by Eastern Iowa educators as a part of the Monarch Research Project Planting Forward to help replace trees lost in the derecho. Planting Forward is a grant program ...

Fall is in the air, and this year’s monarch “super generation” is on the move. The first sightings of monarch butterfly roosts have been reported, signaling that the annual fall migration is underway.

The Monarch Research Project, based in Marion, launched the Planting Forward initiative immediately following the 2020 derecho. The program was created with two main goals, replanting and educating.

Every fall and winter, one of the most delicate, iconic, endangered visitors, the western Monarch butterfly, settles in the towering eucalyptus trees surrounding Moran Lake County Park. Dwindling ...

The winter of 2023 offered more opportunities for photos depicting clusters of monarch butterflies in Pismo Beach. (Pat Pemberton/Courthouse News) PISMO BEACH, Calif. (CN) — In a small tree grove at ...

Clark McLeod shares how The Monarch Project tree programs are building a healthier, more resilient community, including the ...