derecho recovery

Keep Your Hiking Shoes Handy — Making Progress On Trails

October 27, 2021

Hit the Trails, News, Restoration, Sustainability

derecho recovery, land restoration, trail building, trails

By Trail Manager Jason Bies It’s difficult to describe just how devastating the derecho was to our woodland trails. Without “before” pictures, you’ll have to trust me when I say they were completely wrecked. Due…

Earth Day – Arbor Day “Rooted & Resilient” Fundraiser

April 20, 2021

Liz Zabel

Fundraising, Nature Center, News, Restoration, Sustainability

champions of nature, derecho recovery, fundraiser, land management, land restoration, Replanting, resilient, restoration, rooted

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If you visit the Nature Center, the devastation of the August 2020 derecho remains a very visible, not-so-distant memory. The winds tore apart the trees in August, leaving debris and hanging limbs that are still…

Opportunity in Disaster: Sowing Seeds of Change

November 11, 2020

Liz Zabel

Diversity Equity Inclusion, Fundraising, Nature Center, News, Programs, Restoration, Sustainability

change, derecho, derecho recovery, diversity, equity, inclusion, sustainability

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By Executive Director John Myers Published October 21, 2020 in the Cedar Rapids Gazette Troubling events like the pandemic and derecho challenge us all, but they also provide a major opportunity. Change is nature’s…

Turn the Derecho Disaster into Opportunity

October 28, 2020

Liz Zabel

Eco-minded, Nature Center, News, Restoration

derecho, derecho recovery, disaster, disaster recovery, gardening, homeowner, keystone species, opportunities, plant trees, property, recovery

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By Director of Education Kelli Kennon-Lane Published October 24, 2020 in the Cedar Rapids Gazette Many property owners in Linn County are seeing the light — literally. With trees and shrubs downed or damaged,…

What makes a tree the “right tree?” — Our take on native trees

September 25, 2020

Liz Zabel

Eco-minded, Fundraising, Nature Center, News

derecho recovery, ecological restoration, land restoration, native plants, tree sale

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By Director of Land Stewardship Jean Wiedenheft People keep telling me how great catalpas are, but in my neck of the woods, quite literally, they are not great because they are not native. What constitutes…

derecho recovery

Keep Your Hiking Shoes Handy — Making Progress On Trails

Earth Day – Arbor Day “Rooted & Resilient” Fundraiser

Opportunity in Disaster: Sowing Seeds of Change

Turn the Derecho Disaster into Opportunity

What makes a tree the “right tree?” — Our take on native trees

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