Champion Tree Program News Today

Information on potential new state champion trees comes voluntarily from the public as well as state foresters who happen to notice candidates for the honor.

TOPEKA (KSNT) - Have you spotted a big tree in Kansas recently? It could be a current or future Champion Tree for the state.

A Southern Magnolia tree located on the Bryce Preserve at The University of Alabama has been recognized as the current largest of that species in the state during an event held on campus this month making it an Alabama Champion Tree.

In the headlong rush to survive late winter, it’s easy to get carried away by seed catalogs and the future glory of those bright warm spring days.

Last month, I was called out to a home in Parsons to assess whether an Osage orange tree was the largest of its species in the state. A few weeks ago, the Osage orange specimen was confirmed as the new state champion after submission to the Champion Tree Program. 

The Tullahoma Parks and Recreation Department would like the community’s help in naming the city’s state champion tree.

Austin Peay State University officially has the largest Douglas fir tree in the state.

BlogsCommunityMusicArtsScreenEat & DrinkLegals One man’s mission to find Ohio’s biggest trees Bigfoot investigator Marc DeWerth is also the founder of Big Trees Ohio, a volunteer group that has discovered more than 1,000 of the state’s largest trees, some of which are national champions Columbus Alive During the past year, as pandemic-induced isolation kept human contact to a minimum and screens seemed to take over my life, I began to fill my social media feeds with more and more nature....