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Help with Iowa’s tree inventory

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is seeking more volunteers to help with the state’s big tree inventory. Volunteers might contact owners of state champion trees to see if the trees still are standing, update contact information or visit trees to get measurements. To volunteer, contact Emma Hanigan, the Iowa DNR’s urban forest coordinator at (515) 249-1732 or Emma.Hanigan@dnr.iowa.gov.

Iowa big tree hunter Mark Rouw takes measurements of the an Atlantic white cedar tree March 16 on the grounds at Brucemore in southeast Cedar Rapids. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Iowa big tree hunter Mark Rouw takes measurements of the an Atlantic white cedar tree on the grounds at Brucemore in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. Rouw went out in 2021 and visited many of Iowa's state champion trees to see if they survived the effects of powerful storms and dramatic temperature changes associated with climate change. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

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