Arbor Day is a national holiday that recognizes the importance of trees. It is celebrated on the last Friday of April – today, April 25 – and is commemorated by planting trees. Arbor Day is credited to Julious Sterling Morton, a zealous lover of trees, who settled on 160 acres of ...
TAMA COUNTY – Tama County Master Gardeners will be in two communities on Saturday, May 3, from 10 a.m. to noon (or as quantities last) distributing native tree seedlings to the public. Stop by the Tama Library in Tama or the TMU parking lot in Traer to receive two seedlings per household at ...
DYSART – Staff, students, and volunteers with UNI’s Tallgrass Prairie Center (TPC) conducted a successful spring burn at Irvine Prairie northeast of Dysart in rural Benton County on Sunday, April 6, with ignition beginning just after 1:30 p.m. According to Mallory Sage, TPC community ...
DYSART – The annual Dysart Arbor Day celebration and tree planting will take place at Dysart-Geneseo Elementary on Friday, April 25, at 2:15 p.m. A shade tree will be planted west of the new playground behind the school building. Dysart is again a Tree City USA, and the new Tree City Flag ...
It is no secret that if you live in a city or town, you see fewer stars. The reason for this is that light escapes from where it is needed and forms a dome of light overhead. Although not obvious, this waste light brightens the night sky far into the country. Only a few places are far enough ...
CEDAR FALLS – Longtime Dysart resident Catharine Wieck – colloquially and affectionately known as the community’s ‘tree lady’ – was honored late last month in Cedar Falls during the 19th Annual MercyOne Heroes Among Us Awards Celebration as the 2024 Environmental Hero ...
ANKENY – Catheryn ‘Cathy’ Irvine of Dysart was named Outstanding Legacy Project by the Iowa Urban Tree Council during the 34th Annual Urban Forestry Awards Ceremony held on April 3, at the FFA Enrichment Center in Ankeny. Cathy and her late husband, David, lived on a family farm in ...
OTTER CREEK LAKE – Fallout from Tama County’s general fund shortfall has now cut deeper into the Conservation budget. During the Thursday, March 13, meeting of the Tama County Board of Conservation, director Curtis Behrens told board members that in addition to the $100,000 the Board of ...
TRAER – Tama County Women, Land & Legacy (WLL) announces its 52nd event: “Into the Wild: Safe Mushroom Foraging.” The event will be held on Wednesday, March 26, at Traer Public Library’s Kupka Cultural Center, 531 Second Street. Registration and dessert will begin at 6:30 p.m. with ...
Editor’s note: The following notice was released last week by the Poweshiek Water Association. Since August 1, 2024, when we [Poweshiek Water Association] lifted the mandatory conservation order, we have kept you updated via our website, Facebook page, letters, and Quench magazine. As you ...