Grant funds available for communities impacted by the 2020 derecho 1/16/2024 3:24:00 PM View Count 3512 The Iowa Legislature appropriated state infrastructure funds to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to be used for a community-based tree planting program for derecho recovery tree planting.
Derecho Community Forestry Grant Program funds 66 projects 9/28/2021 1:46:00 PM View Count 2195 The Derecho Community Forestry Grant Program has awarded funds for 66 projects across the 27 counties included in the Governor’s Derecho Disaster Proclamation. An estimated 2,484 trees will be planted in 19 counties hard-hit by the 2020 derecho.