Articles Tagged: Iowa Derecho 2020

As she has done in the run-up to formally starting to campaign, Gov. Reynolds contrasted her leadership to that of the Biden administrations and the Democratic Congress.

Not a formal investigation, but the attorney general will look at why the price of anhydrous ammonia fertilizer has increased 315 percent since January 2021, and other types of fertilizer have increased between 171 percent and 290 percent, according to the federal agriculture department.

Linn County is slated to receive most of nearly $57 million awarded to the state of Iowa by the federal government to assist with long-term recovery from the August 2020 derecho.

Cedar Rapids’ budget for fiscal 2023 includes infrastructure investment in flood protection, streets and utilities capital improvement projects. The budget allocates $1.4 million in federal funds to offset lost revenue from COVID-19 and another $1 million for tree planting

The urban reforestation plan, which aims to be a model for other communities, envisions trees as a tool to remedy social inequities, advance climate adaptation goals, enhance city design and strengthen community bonds through replanting and policy changes.

Monarch Research is providing large private landowners with native trees to be planted this spring in the 2022 Planting Forward for Woodlands project. Interested landowners have from now until Feb. 18 to order trees in time for spring planting.

The city of Cedar Rapids has secured a estimated $8.4 million in federal funding to help clear 2020 derecho debris from local watersheds. Initial work will begin on Willow Creek and Prairie Creek.

Marion will get $40,000 and Hiawatha $10,000 to help replant tree canopies lost in the 2020 derecho.

The city’s end goal is to replant and restore the 110-acre property

With Cedar Rapids’ ReLeaf effort and other communities replanting strategies, even more will be planted in 2022 and beyond.

A nonprofit founded after the Aug. 10, 2020, still fills the need it sees in the community.

Because of limited remaining funds, only new applicants will be accepted for the Linn County Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP). Households who have already received assistance from this program will no longer be eligible.

The ReLeaf team has crafted a plan with a $37 million price tag to replant equitably and with native species after the derecho. It details how Cedar Rapids can replant street and park trees, and contains guidance for private landowners.

The program helps people, organizations recover from August 2020 derecho.

A 27-page post-derecho review released this week by the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management says the breakdown in communication among local and state officials during and after the storm caused consequences, such as full debris trucks showing up at closed landfills and aid agencies ordering meals that weren’t expected.