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One of country’s largest sugar maples removed in NH for safety Micum Davis is suspended in the air while working to cut down a sugar maple tree, in Kensington, N.H., Monday, April 5, 2021. The 100-foot-tall tree, believed planted in the late 1700s, was cut down for safety reasons. (AP Photo/Michael Casey) Micum Davis stands on a boom lift while working to cut down a sugar maple tree, in Kensington, N.H., Monday, April 5, 2021. The 100-foot-tall tree, believed planted in the late 1700s, was cut down for safety reasons. (AP Photo/Michael Casey) Modified: 4/6/2021 6:07:38 PM KENSINGTON, N.H....

Updated: 9:47 AM EDT Apr 7, 2021 By MICHAEL CASEY, Associated Press A sugar maple tree that has watched over a New Hampshire home for more than 200 years and was one of the largest of its kind in the United States is coming down because of safety concerns.As a small crowd looked on Monday, arborist Micum Davis started trimming the crown of the tree in Kensington with the goal of taking it apart by the end of the day. Given the tree has a crown stretching 100 feet across, a diameter of more than 7 feet (2 meters) and stands 100 feet tall, the job required a crane to haul away b...

Updated April 6 New Hampshire sugar maple, one of country’s largest, removed for safety Estimated to be at least 240 years old, the tree stood 100 feet tall with a diameter of more than 7 feet. By MICHAEL CASEYAssociated Press Share Micum Davis is suspended in the air while working to cut down a sugar maple tree in Kensington, N.H., on Monday. The 100-foot-tall tree, believed to have been planted in the late 1700s, was cut down for safety reasons. Associated Press/Michael Casey KENSINGTON, N.H. — A sugar maple tree that has watched over a New Hampshire home for more than 200 years and...

Correction: Big Tree-No More story April 6, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail KENSINGTON, N.H. (AP) — In a story April 5, 2021, about a sugar maple tree being removed, The Associated Press misspelled the name of the manager of American Forests’ National Champion Trees program. It should be Rose Tileston, not Rose Tileson. This story also clarifies that Braxton should be Buxton on second reference. Janet Buxton's name was spelled correctly on first reference. Newsletter Signups

(Editor's note: we highly recommend you listen to this piece.) After surviving centuries of New England weather, and no shortage of children trying to climb it, the sugar maple that has stood in front of Buxton’s home sustained catastrophic damage in a recent windstorm. Buxton surveying damage to the trunk suffered during a recent windstorm. Credit Todd Bookman/NHPR “You could hear it creaking open,” she said. A crack in the trunk left it wounded beyond repair. Buxton and her arborist, Micum Davis of Cornerstone Tree Service, agreed it was time to take it down. “I love my tree. I’m ...