Iowa has cleared 97,000 acres of woodlands from 2009 to 2013. The state has lost 114 million trees between 2015 and 2010. 71 percent of the forest losses — compared with 60 percent of the gains ...

there are all kinds of things you can do to give that tree the best possible chance of thriving. When you plant 50 or more little bare root seedlings, the calculations and care are different.

On this edition of Talk of Iowa, guest host Jason Burns talks ... season depends on the type of sapling you buy. Bare root nursery stock trees are sold without soil. “Typically, the bare root ...

The seedlings will come bare root and will need to be ... To learn more about proper tree planting, the DNR has partnered with Iowa State University’s Extension to produce the following video ...

One week from today, the Iowa DNR’s State Forest Nursery in ... give or take a little bit,” Griffin says. “We sell bare-root tree seedlings. We sell everything in bundles of 25.

There’s a popular saying that goes, "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now.” And spring is an excellent time to plant trees in Iowa and Illinois.