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 ...
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 ...
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.