Todd Fagan, Cedar Rapids city arborist, said the city's municipal tree population has a structural value of $112 million. He has estimated about half its tree canopy is gone after last Monday's storm.

The trees from which bark is harvested must also be 12" or larger in diameter, and bark may only be harvested in vertical strips that have a combined total width of eight inches or less.

For many of the participants, this is their first time experiencing a cedar bark harvest. For others, this practice is an annual activity anchored to Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian traditions that ...

CEDAR FALLS| Anyone who has driven down 18th Street can’t help but notice the four-trunked tree crouching like some otherworldly ungulate over the sidewalk leading up to 1803 Tremont St.

That cedar was bigger than a Christmas tree, but not so big that we couldn't manage it. Next, we tied a concrete block to the top of the cedar and a piece of rope to the trunk.